specify
Name the particulars
To specify is to state or identify something precisely and explicitly: Please specify your dietary restrictions, The contract specifies a completion date of June 15.
What's specified is detailed and particular rather than vague or general.
Specifications (specs) are the detailed requirements for how something should be built or done.
To make understood
- explainMake something understood
- defineState precise meaning
- spell outExplain in detail
- make clearRemove confusion about something
disambiguate · illuminate · demystify · clarify · elaborate · expound · detail · articulate
To make necessary
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- prescribeOfficially recommend treatment
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- setArrange in position
establish · lay down · impose · demand · call for · stipulate · decree · ordain
Identifying word for someone
- identifyEstablish who or what
- indicateSignal or point to
- nominatePropose as candidate
- appointAssign to office
assign · select · choose · pick · single out · cite · reference · mention
State precise meaning
- setArrange in position
- establishCreate formally, permanently
- determineEstablish through investigation
- fixRepair or solution
delimit · delineate · outline · demarcate · circumscribe · bound · limit · constrain
Correctness in every detail
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
- definitenessQuality of being exact
explicitness · meticulousness · rigor · detail · concreteness · clarity · sharpness · fineness
elucidate
To make understood
make clear · disambiguate · illuminate · demystify · clarify · elaborate · expound · detail · articulate · describe
require
To make necessary
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- prescribeOfficially recommend treatment
- dictateGive orders imperiously
set · establish · lay down · impose · demand · call for · stipulate · decree · ordain · command
name
Identifying word for someone
appoint · assign · select · choose · pick · single out · cite · reference · mention · designate
define
State precise meaning
fix · delimit · delineate · outline · demarcate · circumscribe · bound · limit · constrain · restrict
exactness
Correctness in every detail
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- particularitySpecific distinguishing feature
- exactitudePerfect correctness in detail
definiteness · explicitness · meticulousness · rigor · detail · concreteness · clarity · sharpness · fineness · nicety
- narrowing downnarrow, focus, pinpoint, zero in, home in
- formal verbsrequest, inquire, require, submit, proceed
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- Reference Wordscite, mention, quote, reference, footnote
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- testingtest, unit testing, product testing, examine, check
specifygeneralize
Make broadly applicable
generalise · obscure · muddle · obfuscate · abstract
- nothing specialLacking distinction or note
- special occasionEvent worth commemorating
- special effectsArtificial cinematic illusions
- special offerPromotional price incentive
- special needsAtypical developmental or learning conditions
- special editionEnhanced variant with extras
special, specific, especially, species, specialist, specimen, specialty, specified, specifically