specifying

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 3.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly.
2. verb present participle and gerund of specify

Similar words

define narrow down designate particularize qualify specialize condition determine assign set apart

Often followed by

the a that what how an and which in its

Word family

specifiable specified specifies specify