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Definition of 'determine'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) determine
to settle or resolve (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.

2.  determine
to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning or observation.

3.  determine
to fix the position of.

4.  determine
to cause, affect, or control; fix or decide causally:
Demand usually determines supply.

5.  determine
to give direction or tendency to; impel.

6.  determine
to lead or bring (a person) to a decision.

7.  determine
to decide upon.

8.  determine
Logic. to limit (a notion) by adding differentiating characteristics.

9.  determine
Law. to put an end to; terminate.

10. (v.i.) determine
to come to a decision or resolution; decide.

11.  determine
Law. to come to an end.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME < AF, OF determiner < L dētermināre=dē-de - +termināre to bound, limit; see terminate)

Definition of 'determine'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) determine, find, find out, ascertain
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
"find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

2. (verb) determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
shape or influence; give direction to
"experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

3. (verb) determine, set
fix conclusively or authoritatively
"set the rules"

4. (verb) specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit
decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

5. (verb) decide, make up one's mind, determine
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

6. (verb) determine
fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
"the tree determines the border of the property"

7. (verb) settle, square off, square up, determine
settle conclusively; come to terms
"We finally settled the argument"

8. (verb) determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
"I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

Definition of 'determine'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) determine
to find out or check sth
tests to determine the sex of the unborn child

2. determine
to decide or settle sth
a meeting to determine how to cut the budget

Definition of 'determine'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) determine
to fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate

2. (verb) determine
to set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish

3. (verb) determine
to fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle

4. (verb) determine
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

5. (verb) determine
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

6. (verb) determine
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

7. (verb) determine
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

8. (verb) determine
to define or limit by adding a differentia

9. (verb) determine
to ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water

10. (verb) determine
to come to an end; to end; to terminate

11. (verb) determine
to come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on

Translation of 'determine'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to fix or settle; to decide He determined his course of action.
Afrikaans: bepaal	Arabic: يُقَرِّر	Bulgarian: определям
Brazilian: determinar	Czech: určit, stanovit	German: bestimmen
Danish: fastlægge; beslutte; best	Greek: αποφασίζω, προσδιορίζω	Spanish: determinar, decidir
Estonian: kindlaks määrama	Farsi: معیین کردن؛ مشخص کردن	Finnish: päättää
French: déterminer	Hebrew: לִקבּוֹע	Hindi: निश्चय करना
Croatian: odlučiti	Hungarian: meghatároz	Indonesian: memutuskan
Icelandic: fastákveða	Italian: determinare	Japanese: 決定する
Korean: 결정하다	Lithuanian: nuspręsti	Latvian: nolemt; apņemties
Malay: memutuskan	Dutch: besluiten tot	Norwegian: bestemme, fastlegge, besl
Polish: ustalać	Persian: معیین کردن؛ مشخص کردن	Pashto: پرېكړه كول، فيصله كول، مح
Portuguese: determinar	Romanian: a stabili	Russian: определять; решать
Slovak: určiť	Slovenian: določiti	Serbian: odrediti
Swedish: bestämma, fastställa	Thai: ตัดสินใจ	Turkish: saptamak, belirlemek
Taiwanese: 決定	Ukrainian: визначати; вирішувати	Urdu: متعین کرنا
Vietnamese: quyết định	Chinese: 决定
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