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present participle of specify.

specifying

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illustrative adj.
pointing adj.
marking n.
mention n.
mentioning n.

ADJECTIVE

illustrative

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descriptive emblematic figurative revealing

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allegorical clarifying comparative corroborative delineative diagrammatic exemplifying explicatory expository graphic iconographic illuminative illustrational illustratory imagistic indicative interpretive metaphoric pictorial pictoric representative sample symbolic typical

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atypical complicated confusing involved

ADJECTIVE

pointing

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declaring denoting designating disclosing displaying evidencing evincing guiding manifesting marking placing revealing showing signifying spotting steering

NOUN

marking

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calling characterizing denominating distinguishing indicating naming noticing recognizing showing terming

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pointing out

NOUN

mention

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acknowledgment comment footnote indication notice notification recognition reference remark utterance

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allusion citation naming note tribute

Antonyms

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ignorance silence

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quiet

NOUN

mentioning

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citing inferring intimating naming suggesting

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introduction making known referring to taking note of

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In a press release, France’s Eurazeo said it would retain a significant minority stake in Aroma-Zone, without specifying the size of the stake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The company had previously guided for significant revenue growth, but without specifying a figure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Separately, a landslide in China's northwestern Gansu province killed five people on Tuesday, with rescuers working to locate 12 others still missing, Xinhua said, without specifying what caused it.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

The ambiguity in the lyrics allied to the familiar, easy melody, Harrison believes, allows fans to "express an outpouring of love without necessarily specifying what it's towards".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

And once you start specifying long and short notes in a chain, you generate a rhythmic pattern.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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