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subspecify

subspecify verb: to specify further or more precisely.

Verb

subspecify (third-person singular simple present subspecifies, present participle subspecifying, simple past and past participle subspecified)

  1. (transitive) To specify further or more precisely.

Forms of subspecify

third-person singular presentsubspecifies
present participlesubspecifying
past participlesubspecified
pastsubspecified

Origin of subspecify

From sub- + specify.

Questions about subspecify

What does subspecify mean?
Subspecify means to specify further or more precisely.
What part of speech is subspecify?
Subspecify is a verb.
What is the past tense of subspecify?
The past tense of subspecify is subspecified.

Words near subspecify in the dictionary

  1. subspecification
  2. subspecifications
  3. subspecificity
  4. subspecified
  5. subspecifies
  6. subspecify
  7. subspecifying
  8. subspectra
  9. subspectral
  10. subspectrum
  11. subsphaerical

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