Definitions Quote by Sarah Dessen

“No word has one specific definition.Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life" -Ms.Conyers of Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key”

— Sarah Dessen

The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings.

— Willard Van Orman Quine

Odd that we think definitions are definitive.

— Larry Wall

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

— William Safire

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

— Alfred Marshall

“You cannot use a word properly if you don’t know precisely what it means.”

— Shion Miura

I think when dictionaries define words, there's a sort of hair-splitting that to most people doesn't make any sense, which is we're not describing…

— Kory Stamper

Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn.

— Richard P. Feynman

“My definition of dictionary can’t be found in the dictionary. Dictionary—A linguistic prison, confining words to well-defined cells, with little chance of parole.”

— Jarod Kintz

“There is no single word that can definitely define me”

— Akansh raj somvanshi

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura