Sentence examples for get a definition from inspiring English sources

Gwen Stefani: "Well, I'd have to get a definition of it first.

Another eye-opener was the claim that when accused of cheating, he looked in a dictionary to get a definition.

If you can get a definition by holding your thumb over a word on your smartphone, why bother picking up a book?

But in Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, we get a definition of "utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior" and a fearsome farrago of synonyms as adjectives: "corrupt, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous.

(Double-click on any word in an online Times article and a question mark appears; click on the question mark to get a definition from American Heritage. Unfortunately the function doesn't work on blogs, so you're on your own for After Deadline).

If you search for "diabetes" on Dictionary.com, you'll get a definition, but you'll also be given the option to go further by searching, on Ask.com, for "diabetes treatment," "types of diabetes," "causes of diabetes" or "warning signs of diabetes," for example.

I worry about trying to get a definitive definition from her, but I ask the question anyway.

We modify Definition 1 and get a new definition of the desirableness factor for HH-VBF.

I suggested that we make a commitment to get a common definition of small business.

A federal system is the only way in which you get a clear definition of the Assembly's powers".

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