okreleniem

Okreleniem is the instrumental form of the Polish noun określenie, which roughly means definition, specification, or designation. In standard Polish the word is written with the diacritic as określeniem. The form without diacritics, okreleniem, is generally regarded as a misspelling or nonstandard variant and may appear in texts where diacritics are omitted.

The base noun określenie refers to the act or result of defining something, or to the content of a definition, including statements about scope, meaning, or characteristics. It is widely used in formal language, legal documents, scientific writing, and dictionaries. In everyday language, it can denote a precise statement that clarifies what is meant by a term or concept. The instrumental form określeniem has limited specialized use and is primarily a grammatical variant rather than a distinct semantic category.

Etymology of the word traces to the verb określić, meaning to define or specify, with the nominalizing suffix -enie. The root określ- is related to other Polish terms dealing with marking, marking out, or stating.

In usage, one typically encounters określenie or definicja to express the notion of a definition or specification. Okreleniem functions mainly as the grammatical form required by sentence structure and is not normally treated as a separate concept in Polish vocabulary. See also definicja, specyfikacja, zakres.