States and conditions
Synonyms for define
The synonym for define recorded in this bank is delineate, in the sense "show the form or outline of". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for define
- delineateverb, in the sense "show the form or outline of"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day define is audited in a second meaning.
show the form or outline of
The camera could define the smallest object.
The true synonym
delineate
Same sentence, swapped: The camera could delineate the smallest object.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot define is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- determine
- exhibit
- reflect
Where define turns up in the game
define is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where define is the trap
- demoverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is show, in the sense "give an exhibition of to an interested audience", and define is one of the three tiles that lose.
- displayverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is expose, in the sense "to show, make visible or apparent", with define sitting one tile away.
- locateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is situate, in the sense "determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey", so define is there to be ruled out.
Play define
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so define reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from states and conditions at Summit outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. define carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.