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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

definee en · NOUN

Etymology

From define + -ee.

Meanings

  1. One that is being defined.
    • […] by presenting us with another term (the definer) that has the same meaning as the definee. Moreover, a definition does not merely give us a single word that is a synonym of the definee: "Liberty" means the same as "freedom." 1976, Monroe C. Beardsley, Writing With Reason: Logic for Composition - Page 37:

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