determine
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determino, from de + termināre, from terminus.
Pronunciation Verbdetermine (determines, present participle determining; simple past and past participle determined)
- To set the boundaries or limits of.
- 1844, Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:
- The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
- To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- 1741 July 7, Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God:
- The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
- 1913, W. Black, 1913 Webster's Dictionary:
- something divinely beautiful […] that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 259 ↗:
- These dramas may appear purely internal but they are perhaps economically determined … when people think they are being so subtly inventive or creative they merely reflect society's general need for economic growth.
- 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.
- 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 (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.
- (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- (law, otherwise, obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
- French: déterminer
- German: bestimmen, eingrenzen
- Italian: determinare, stabilire
- Portuguese: determinar
- Russian: определя́ть
- Spanish: determinar
- French: déterminer
- German: festlegen
- Italian: capire, verificare, accertarsi
- Portuguese: determinar
- Russian: определя́ть
- Spanish: determinar
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