1. Make a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
   "The will specifies that she can live in the house for the rest of her life";
   - stipulate, qualify, condition
    
2. Define clearly
   "I cannot specify the rules for this game";
   - pin down, peg down [informal], nail down, narrow down, narrow
    
3. Be specific about
   "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?";
   - particularize, particularise [Brit], specialize, specialise [Brit]
    
4. Establish or state a specific value or set of values
   "specify the parameters";
   - set, determine, define, fix, limit
    
5. Select something or someone for a specific purpose
   "The teacher specified him to lead his classmates in the exercise";
   - assign, set apart
    
6. Design or destine
   "The architect specified marble for the entrance";
   - intend, destine, designate
    
7. Determine the essential quality of
   "The contract specifies the terms of payment";
   - define, delineate, delimit, delimitate

Derived forms: specifies, specifying, specified

See also: set

Type of: ascertain, choose, contract, determine, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, find, find out, flesh out, lucubrate [archaic], pick out, plan, select, take, undertake

Encyclopedia: Specify