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Determine

//dɪˈtɝmɪn// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To set the boundaries or limits of.

    "[God] hath determined the times before appointed."

  2. 2
    reach, make, or come to a decision about something wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    fix conclusively or authoritatively wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    fix in scope; fix the boundaries of wordnet
  2. 7
    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."

  3. 8
    shape or influence; give direction to wordnet
  4. 9
    To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

    "The court has determined the cause."

  5. 10
    settle conclusively; come to terms wordnet
  6. 11
    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."

  7. 12
    establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study wordnet
  8. 13
    To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  9. 14
    find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort wordnet
  10. 15
    To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end. intransitive, transitive

    "Novv, vvhere is hee, that vvill not ſtay ſo long Till his Friend ſickneſſe hath determin'd me?"

  11. 16
    decide upon or fix definitely wordnet

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”).

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