Mean and Specify

Mean

Mean verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: the national anthem means various things to various people

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Specify and mean are semantically related in assign topic. In some cases you can use "Specify" instead a verb "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Specify verb - To give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly.

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Mean and specify are semantically related in assign topic. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead a verb "Specify".

friendship	mean friendship	specify friendship
people	mean people	specify people
kind	mean kind	specify kind
word	mean word	specify word
Other words: sex, god, number, time, way, difference, head.

A Running Gag is people having to specify which Dai they mean, even after Dai Kosh has left Pontyberry.

Source: Series / Stella (UK)
However, there are also over a dozen places called just plain Sainte-Marie in France alone; here you would have to specify in which département the one you mean is situated.

Source: London England Syndrome
Eddie still remembers only a second too late that when you order a scotch "on the rocks" at a toon-staffed club, you better specify you mean ice.

Source: Film / Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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