define

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define (something) as (something)

To describe, designate, or label something as something. Oh, Molly's not coming to the parade because she defines these kind of events as chaotic and overwhelming.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

define something as something

to label something as being something. I define that kind of behavior as just plain rude! We have to define that comment as careless and unthinking.
See also: define
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a slew of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a slue of (something)
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • a fast talker
  • all for the best
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The stiffness developed by these materials is analogous to the spring constant used to define the response of springs.
Compression set vs. compression stress relaxation
A lesson learned is that architecture design is required to define how to configure the DIB to meet operational requirements.
Net-Centric Warfare and its impact on System-of-Systems
As such, many statutes define a caretaker as "an individual or institution who has the responsibility for the care of an adult as a result of family relationship, or who has assumed the responsibility for the care of the adult person voluntarily, or by contract, or agreement." (5)
Elder abuse litigation and the duty to provide palliative care
Because health clinics may not be completely representative of the salvage population, one way to define the salvage population is to utilize databases from Virologic or other diagnostics companies.
The future of salvage therapy: monitoring systems for patient outcomes: (a personal take on Panel 3. Discussion leader: Douglas Ward)
SMI-S defines profiles for both physical and logical entities.
Implementing SMI-S in the real world
Additional studies are needed to define the underlying biological mechanisms in order to personalize clinical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Metabolic profiling: application to toxicology and risk reduction
As long as we believe that senior execs should define how we view utility, corporate communication is doing great!
The chasm is growing: what do you do when communicators and executives are on one side, and everyone else is on the other?
Jones and Stallybrass challenge us to see that it was a central tool in the evolution of "self-fashioning" during an era of commercial expansion that put pressure on English men and women to define and redefine themselves as individuals.
Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass. Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory
Users can add, delete, edit, reposition, or constrain parts of the assembly without tediously rebuilding all the mating interfaces that define how the parts come together.
CAD modeler gets smarter at surfacing & assembly. (Keeping Up with CAD)
Now, by standardizing and automating processes at the desktop, business units define and update products with minimal IT support.
Capitalizing on components: new, integrated component-based software helps insurers cut costs, bring products to market faster and support a customer-focused orientation. (Technology: Technology Insight)
The authors define the core by a set of related products, customers and technologies that can build the greatest competitive advantage and add the greatest value to the organization.
Hone your strategic planning skills! With planning never more critical, these exercises can help you make informed, forward-looking decisions on your business' core competencies and ancillary opportunities. (Executive Memorandum)
While it is a key responsibility of the CIO to ensure that technology and the associated recordkeeping systems to support it are in place, it is within the purview of the RIM staff to define the records management strategy needed to enhance customer service.
Tying it all together: a CIO perspective; technology is making it imperative that information technology and records and information management come together for the full benefit of the organization. (ManagementWise)
Each of the preceding categories facilitates an individual's ability to develop and define their world views.
A multidisciplinary framework for theory building
For instance, we at JS define the Middle East (see map above) as all countries from Egypt to Iran, including Turkey in the north and the entire Arabian Peninsula to the south.
The Middle East: A region wracked by wars, sorrow, and lot of geographic misunderstanding. (Geography Smart)
These conditions may differ significantly from those that define the measurand; in particular it may include a range of influence quantities or specify a particular set of conditions that differ from those that define the measurand.
A Careful Consideration of the Calibration Concept