6 sentences with 'define'
Example sentences and phrases with the word define and other words derived from it.
• « In their book Beyond Death, Stanislav and Christina Grof cite Van Gennep as the first researcher to define and describe these rites. »
• « Constitutions should be written to guarantee the fundamental rights of citizens and to define and restrict the power of the king (thus avoiding the threat of tyranny). »
• « It was an incredibly tumultuous time, as "Western civilisation" struggled to define itself in the face of scientific advances and social changes that seemed to be advancing faster and faster. »
• « Whereas in the past intellectuals tried to define the 'meaning' of history, or of Western civilisation, or of 'humanity', postmodern thinkers exposed all the ways in which these 'meanings' had been constructed, usually to support the desires of the people telling the stories. »
• « "I would define a genius as someone who uses their brain properly." While expressing concern about what he calls a "waste of potential", Buzan is somewhat violently rebutted by his colleague: "You can't make a genius out of an idiot. What you can make an idiot out of a genius, and that often happens". »
• « 3D computer graphics is done by using mathematical formulae that define structures, which are then overlaid with a colouring of photographic verisimilitude. »