the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries. An online dictionary resource, such as Dictionary.com, can give users direct, immediate access to the definitions of a term, allowing them to compare definitions from various dictionaries and stay up to date with an ever-expanding vocabulary.
definition is a word
by BDDuke11 August 20, 2018

by im better than you xx June 19, 2022

WHAT IN THE UNIVERSE?! WHY DID YOU LOOK UP THE WORD “DEFINITION “ HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS WEBSITE?? HOW DO YOU PUT MEANINGS OF WORDS IN SCHOOL!? HUH?
by Enter Your Pseudonym Here April 24, 2022

by some 7 year old March 10, 2021

by BlankGirl December 26, 2004

A definition is "a statement conveying fundamental character;" if something fulfills a definition of a thing, this fulfillment is what causes it to be categorized as that thing; to define something is to give a definition for the thing concerned.
by AYN RAND IS 1337 LYK WHOA April 2, 2005
