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# définies — French to English

How French *définies* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: définies (46 006). By style: everyday 2 · parliamentary 1 367 · legal and administrative 16 146 · UN documents 28 491.

## defined

Used about 21 532 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 399 · legal and administrative ≈ 8 073 · UN documents ≈ 13 058). Meaning: [defined in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/defined/).

- Pour être honnête, mes responsabilités ici sont très mal **définies**, ou plus exactement pas **définies** du tout, juste ébauchées.
  To be honest, my duties here are very ill **defined**, or rather not defined at all, but only adumbrated.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lulantis and Olya · checked, community translation · [\#3466270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466270) [\#3466728](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3466728))

- Les missions des différents acteurs doivent être clairement **définies**.
  The mandates of the different actors must be clearly **defined**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 993948)

- Régimes de retraite à prestations **définies** \[member\]
  Pension **defined** benefit plans \[member\]
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5313389)

- Ces catégories sont **définies** comme suit :
  These categories are **defined** as follows:
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 23798607)

- Un algorithme est un ensemble de règles et de procédures logiques parfaitement **définies** qui conduisent à la résolution d'un problème en un nombre fini d'étapes.
  An algorithm is a set of perfectly **defined** logical rules and procedures that lead to the solution of a problem in a finite number of steps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10471359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10471359) [\#10471372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10471372))

## set

Used about 4 620 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 228 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 018 · UN documents ≈ 2 374). Meaning: [set in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/set/).

- Bien sûr, ils doivent être utilisés conformément à des règles **définies**.
  Of course they must be used in accordance with **set** rules.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 977386)

- la dépréciation des produits stockés, selon les modalités de calcul **définies** à l’annexe V;
  depreciation of stored products, in accordance with the calculation methods **set** out in Annex V;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3379442)

- Ces mesures devraient être **définies** en se fondant sur les considérations ci-après.
  Such measures should be guided by the considerations **set** out below.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 19350632)

- Le Parlement européen demande également que soient prises en considération les priorités qu' il a **définies**.
  Parliament insists that account also be taken of the priorities it has **set**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 248242)

- la dépréciation des produits stockés, selon les modalités de calcul **définies** à l’annexe VIII;
  depreciation of stored products, in accordance with the calculation methods **set** out in Annex VIII;
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 989841)

## laid

Used about 2 446 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 171 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 682 · UN documents ≈ 594). Meaning: [laid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/laid/).

- Les orientations **définies** en mars dernier par le Conseil européen ne sont pas à la hauteur.
  The guidelines **laid** down in March by the European Council are not up to the task.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1380305)

- Les navires faisant l’objet de cette dérogation remplissent les conditions **définies** à l’appendice 1 de la présente annexe.»
  Vessels subject to this derogation shall comply with the conditions **laid** down in Appendix 1 to this Annex.’
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 681934)

- Réglage d &apos; un projecteur hors des limites **définies** dans les règlements2.
  Aim of a headlamp not within limits **laid** down in the regulations. 2/
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 11248474)

- Des priorités concrètes ou des dispositions plus détaillées n'ont toutefois pas encore été **définies**.
  No practical priorities have yet been set or more specific provisions **laid** down.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 404600)

- les autres conditions énumérées dans le cahier des charges sont remplies conformément aux procédures **définies** au paragraphe 3.
  the other conditions listed in the product specification are met in accordance with the procedures **laid** down in paragraph 3.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1863443)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Il est curieux que nous débattions des grandes orientations des politiques économiques **définies** comme indiscutables.
  It is strange that we should be debating the broad economic policy guidelines since, by definition, they cannot be discussed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1621459)

- Dans ce contexte, il est envisageable de fixer une période de suppression progressive des aides pour les zones défavorisées intermédiaires actuellement **définies**.
  In this context, a phasing-out period for the existing intermediate less-favoured areas can be considered.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 684756)

- Ces orientations ont été **définies** par la Commission en 1995.
  These guidelines were put forward by the Commission in 1995.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1713584)

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