DETERMINE
\dɪtˈɜːmɪn], \dɪtˈɜːmɪn], \d_ɪ_t_ˈɜː_m_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of DETERMINE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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"
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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"
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reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
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fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
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fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property
By Princeton University
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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"
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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"
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reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
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fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
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fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
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To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To define or limit by adding a differentia.
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To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
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To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
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To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To define or limit by adding a differentia.
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To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
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To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To reach a decision.
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To fix or settle the bounds of; put an end to; restrict; decide; resolve; find out.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put terms or bounds to: to limit: to fix or settle the form or character of: to influence: to put an end to: to resolve on: to define.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To come to an end.
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To fix; to settle by mental or judicial decision; to fix on; to limit or bound; to give a direction to or influence the choice; to resolve; to put an end to; to settle or ascertain; to define.
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To decide; to end.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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