definition
Example Sentences
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By the department’s definition, a homicide can be “cleared” through an arrest or other factors, including if the killing was deemed legally justified or the suspect dies.
From Los Angeles Times
By that definition, the field already looks far narrower than most policy debates assume.
It didn’t issue standard definitions for terms such as “candy” and “soda.”
“Oh, well, I think that depends on your definition of ‘real.’
From Literature
There are also specific legal definitions of that term.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
