Specify and Tell

Specify

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

Usage example: the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains

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Tell and specify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Specify".

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

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Specify and tell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Specify" instead a verb "Tell".

Nearby Words: telling, teller

people	specify people	tell people
husband	specify husband	tell husband
time	specify time	tell time
way	specify way	tell way
Other words: characters, location, difference, mother, brother, player, gender.

To specify, the student was trying to tell the principal that there was an insane student who was a drug addict wanting to kill him.

Source: Not Now, Kiddo aka: Not Now Kid
When they look at you and say "Never", tell them you didn't specify gender and Harvard beat Stanford in 1998.

Source: Useful Notes / Basketball
When they tell the others as such, they fail to specify that the pact was only supposed to be between the two of them, only stating that "the first girl to give Tsukune a nosebleed wins." Yukari promptly seizes this opportunity, with predictable results.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Fanfic

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