Determine
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /dɪˈtÉœË(ɹ)mɪn/
- US IPA: /dɪˈtÉmɪn/
Origin
From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determinare ("to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine"), from de + terminare ("to limit"), from terminus ("bound, limit, end").
Full definition of determine
Verb
- To set the limits of.
- Bible, Acts xvii. 26God hath determined the times before appointed.
- Francis BaconThe knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
- 2013-07-20, Old soldiers?, 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.
- J. EdwardsThe character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
- W. Blacksomething divinely beautiful ... that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
- To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.Someone else's will determined me to this course.
- 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 on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
- ShakespeareNow, where is he that will not stay so long
Till his friend sickness hath determined me?