specify

Other forms of specify

past tense or participle

specified

present participle

specifying·

third person

specifies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about specify

What does specify mean?

specify means "specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in specify?

specify has 3 syllables: spec-i-fy. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛsəˌfaɪ/.

What is another word for specify?

Close synonyms include stipulate, qualify, condition, set, determine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of specify?

The recorded antonyms are generalize.

Is specify a common word?

specify is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with specify?

72 words rhyme with specify. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.