Fill in the blanks to show that you understand the structural elements of the essay. “To define” means to reduce a word or idea to its (1) or core meaning. Definitions are therefore (2) of meaning. Technically, the ( 3 ) of a definition involves two steps: placing the (4) to be defined in a (5) to which it belongs and then stating the (6) which set it apart from other (7) in the same class. The most frequent methods of definition are defining by (8) , comparison / (9) , (10) , function and content.