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Meaning of 'determine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Determine [ v. i.]
- To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
- To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
2 . Determine [ v. t.]
- To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
- To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
- To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
- To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
- To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
- To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

Meaning of 'determine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . determine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Example in sentence:
  • Check whether the train leaves on time;
  • find out if he speaks Russian;
  • I want to see whether she speaks French;
  • See whether it works
Meaning (2):
- shape or influence; give direction to
Example in sentence:
  • experience often determines ability;
  • mold public opinion
Meaning (3):
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Example in sentence:
  • find the product of two numbers;
  • The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Meaning (4):
- decide upon or fix definitely
Example in sentence:
  • fix the variables;
  • specify the parameters
Meaning (5):
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
Example in sentence:
  • set the rules
Meaning (6):
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
Example in sentence:
  • the tree determines the border of the property
Meaning (7):
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Example in sentence:
  • We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
Meaning (8):
- settle conclusively; come to terms
Example in sentence:
  • We finally settled the argument

Nearby Words:

detach detachable detached detaching detachment detail detailed detailer detailing detain

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