determine

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English

Alternative forms

• determin (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːmɪn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɝmɪn/

Verb

determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined)

1. To set the boundaries or limits of.
2. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

5. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

6. To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

7. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
8. (law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “determine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “determine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “determine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• "determine" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 98.

Anagrams

• intermede, nemertide

Galician

Verb

determine

1. inflection of determinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ladin

Verb

determine

1. first-person singular present indicative of determiner
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of determiner

Portuguese

Verb

determine

1. inflection of determinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈtermine]

Verb

determine

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of determina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɾˈmine/ [d̪e.t̪eɾˈmi.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: de‧ter‧mi‧ne

Verb

determine

1. inflection of determinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative