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John182 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

for/of

hi guys...

do is say: "the definition OF.." or "the definition FOR..."

for example: The defintion of/for <tree> is: a type of plant.

thanks
John
  

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John182 hi guys... " for example: The defintion of/for <tree> is: a type of plant. thanks John My two cents: "The definition of sth" is the standard express to say "the definition belonging to sth".

— Maple

  • John182 hi guys...
  • " for example: The defintion of/for <tree> is: a type of plant.
  • thanks John My two cents: "The definition of sth" is the standard express to say "the definition belonging to sth".
  • But if we want to stress the process of making the definition, "for" should be the word chosen.
  • see: build out the definition for; here's a definition for
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John182hi guys...

do is say: "the definition OF.." or "the definition FOR..."

for example: The defintion of/for <tree> is: a type of plant.

thanks
John
My two cents:

"The definition of sth" is the standard express to say "the definition belonging to sth".

But if we want to stress the process
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Both are possible. See the examples here:
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definition

1 : an act of determining or settling: as a Roman Catholicism : an official ecclesiastical statement concerning a matter of faith or of morals as pertaining to faith b : a prescribed or official standard for a commercial product <the
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