specify

/ˈspes·əˌfɑɪ/ verb (present participle specifying, past tense and past participle specified)

Definition

› to say or describe something in an exact way: They didn’t specify what color they wanted.

(Definition of specify verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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