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▪ I. defining, vbl. n.|dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb define; definition.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xliii. 13 The diffynyng, or certeyntee, therof [definitio ejus] vn to the lippe..therof in cumpas, o palme. 1530Palsgr. 213/2 Diffyning, diffinissement, diffinition. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxvi. (1887) 138 Plato in his..defining of naturall dignities. 1668Wilkins Real Char. Ded. A ij, The business of Defining, being amongst all others the most nice and difficult. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Plato Wks. (Bohn) I. 292 This defining is philosophy.
▪ II. deˈfining, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That defines.
1773J. Ross Fratricide i. 17 (MS.) Defining ears, which idolize The dignifying climax of thy verse. 1885Athenæum 4 Apr. 441/2 The various defining spheres.
▸ defining moment n. an event or occasion considered (esp. in retrospect) as epitomizing or determining the course of subsequent related events; a turning point.
1967Harvard Theol. Rev. 60 497 The liturgical representation of Christ's death constituted the *defining moment of the Church and the priesthood. 1983N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. vi. 40/1 Walter Mondale has rallied the Democratic establishment. It is a defining moment. 1995Independent 14 Mar. 1/1 Calling yesterday's 21 to three vote ‘a defining moment in the history of my party’, the Labour leader crossed the last hurdle before the special conference. 2002MX News 12 Apr. 6/1 Jumping the shark is a shorthand term for that defining moment when you know that your favourite television program has reached its peak. |