SPECIFIED in a Sentence

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For SPECIFIED, below is one of 24 sentences:
He didn't specify what crimes he was referring to, but said if proof was found, the police would ask for charges to be brought.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPECIFIED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
specified
 a.  given; thoroughly explained; adequately commented
Classic Sentence:
1  And he signed it rapidly, after having first run his eye over that part of the deed in which were specified the situation of the house and the names of the proprietors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio.
2  They persisted in withdrawing for the specified time.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
3  This enables me at once to perform an act of Christian charity and to remove from the shoulders of our more impoverished proprietors the burden of tax-payment upon souls of the kind specified.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
4  with hopes that were never specified and to make him suffer with threats that were never clear.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Eight Block, the businessman - Dismissing the law...
5  Instinctively Dantes turned round to observe by what watch or clock the abbe had been able so accurately to specify the hour.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
6  He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
7  Leaning forward on the tips of his fingers, and indicating his merchandise with just the suspicion of a nod, he requested the gentleman to specify exactly the species of cloth which he required.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
8  They told the negroes that if they would go back, they would go as free workers, protected by written contracts specifying wages by the day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  For a monthly flat fee, paid by the consumer or employer, HMOs provide a specified list of medical services both in and outside the hospital.
2  The fund was specified to maintain the ancient buildings.
3  The loan must be repaid within a specified period/by a specified date.
4  If the input data specified it, the file will close and the process terminates.
5  Funds made available under the Acts relate to a specified financial year.
6  Tickets must be bought seven days in advance, with outward and return journey dates specified.
7  Receiving water taken upstream from the outfall may be specified as a source of dilution water in effluent toxicity tests.
8  Outside of certain specified situations, in Texas simple public display of a handgun in a holster is illegal.
9  The six countries likely to be denied debt cancellation maybe eligible once they take specified steps to tighten controls on government spending.
10  Culture will specify the relations that exist within the organisation and define what is to count as legitimate or illegitimate behaviour.
11  She did not specify precisely how many people were involved in the incident.
12  He tried to fudge the issue by saying that he did not want to specify periods.
13  He didn't specify what crimes he was referring to, but said if proof was found, the police would ask for charges to be brought.
14  He didn't specify what crimes he was referring to, but said if proof was found, the police would ask for charges.
15  It allows parents to specify time limits for specific devices in the household, restrict the applications vulnerable children can use and prevent access to pages with obscene language.