definieren

v. define, explain, clarify; limit, restrict; attribute a quality or characteristic, pin down, determine

v. determine; nail; define

v. define, explain, clarify; limit, set boundaries

v. define, explain, clarify; limit, set boundaries

= define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.
Ex: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.
Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
Ex: The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
Ex: This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
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* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode], hardwire [hard wire].
* definir por uno mismo = self-define.
* definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
* definir una función = formulate + role.
* definir una misión = formulate + mission.
* definir un problema = delineate + problem.
* fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
* no definirse = sit on + the fence.
* ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.