States and conditions

Synonyms for define

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 5, SummitStates and conditions

show the form or outline of

The camera could define the smallest object.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

delineate

Same sentence, swapped: The camera could delineate the smallest object.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for define as it is used in the sentence above.

determine
exhibit
reflect

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