determine
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determine
- /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn/ UK
- /dɪˈtɝmɪn/ Canada, US
- /ˌdɛ.təɹˈmɪn/ Philippines
- /dɛˈtəɹ.mɪn/ Philippines
Where it comes from
From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).
verb determines · determining · determined · determin
- To set the boundaries or limits of. [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating. Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to. The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide. The court has determined the cause.
- To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead. I determined to go home at once.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end. Novv, vvhere is hee, that vvill not ſtay ſo long Till his Friend ſickneſſe hath determin'd me?
