specifies
USSPES-uh-fyz/ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪz/UKSPES-i-fyz/ˈspɛs.ɪ.faɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of specify.
The contract specifies a delivery date of June 1st.
Each label specifies the exact ingredients used in the product.
Note
The spelling follows the consonant-plus-y rule: specify becomes specifies, just as carry becomes carries. In current English the verb is transitive and needs an object: a contract specifies a date, and a label specifies its ingredients. An older intransitive use, followed by of, is now obsolete. Avoid it unless you are deliberately writing in a period style.
specifies is a form of specify
specify, verb: To state something explicitly, in detail, or as a condition. Full entry
- Forms
- specifyspecifies he/she/itspecifying -ing formspecified past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- specify → specifies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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