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noun

• Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

• A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

• A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).

• (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.

• A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

• The action or process of defining.

• The act of defining; determination of the limits.

• A product of defining.

• The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

• Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.

• Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.

• Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.

• The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.

• A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).

• A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

adverb

• Without question and beyond doubt.

• In a definite manner; decisively.

adjective

• Excellent; very good

49%3 Language resource compiled by lexicographers (abbr.)
noun

• an unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles

35%14Lexicographers' cousins
noun

• a person who compiles information for encyclopedias

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