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Determine

Definition: Determine

Determine

Verb

1. 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. Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion".

3. Fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules".

4. Decide upon, as of variables in math.

5. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations".

6. Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property.

7. Settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument".

8. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "determine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Determine \De*ter"mine\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Determined; Determining.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Determine

Synonyms: ascertain (v), check (v), decide (v), find (v), find out (v), fix (v), influence (v), learn (v), make up one's mind (v), mold (v), regulate (v), see (v), set (v), settle (v), shape (v), specify (v), square off (v), square up (v), watch (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Determine

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Answer

Explain; (interpret); solve; (unriddle); discover; a; fathom, hunt out; (inquire); satisfy, set at rest, determine.

Cause

Conduce to; (tend to); contribute; have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie; determine, decide, turn the scale; have a common origin; derive its origin; (effect).

Certainty

Render certain; Adjective: insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, " make assurance double sure "; know; (believe).

Direction

Verb: tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.

Discovery

Verb: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Judgment

Verb: judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one's mind.

Measurement

Verb: measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize.

Quantity

Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine,Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.

Resolution

Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake).

Speciality

Verb: specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select.

Will

Verb: will, list; see fit, think fit; determine; (resolve); enjoin; settle; (choose); volunteer.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Determine

Etymologies containing "determine": Determinate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Determine

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Using that model they managed to generate every thought I could possibly have in the next, say, 10 years. Which they then filtered through a probability matrix of some kind to -- to determine everything I was gonna do in that period (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples)

Well, the real reason that you've been sent over here is because they wanted you to be evaluated to determine whether or not you are mentally ill. This is the real reason (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

I was probing to determine skeletal girth and muscle tone (Spies Like Us; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel)

What we are trying to determine, Mister Ocean, is why you decided to commit this crime, or why you got caught this time (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)

What we do over the next five years, here and at home, and across the darkness of between the stars will determine the whether an entire world will live or die. It's a fight we can't afford to lose and we won't (Babylon 5: A Call to Arms; writing credit: J. Michael Straczynski)

Clever

What you do when you don't have to do it will determine what you are when it's too late to do anything about it! (references; author: unknown)

Thoughts lead to acts. Acts lead to habits. Habits lead to character, and our characters will determine our eternal destiny. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Determine

DomainTitle

Books

  • Select Winning Stocks Using Financial Statements: Get Inside a Company's Financial, Use the Pro's Favorite Selection Tools, Determine Key Investment (reference)

  • Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life (reference)

  • Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces That Determine Human Existence (Powers, Vol 2) (reference)

  • Will It Sell? How to Determine If Your Invention Is Profitably Marketable (Before Wasting Money on a Patent) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Determine

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A scientist is screening a baboon virus and comparing it with HIV-I for similarities. Bacteriophage colonies are grown to determine whether there is a similarity in the two viruses and to discover the proper sequence of the AIDS virus. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Patient is being prepared for surgery. An operating room is pictured with physician looking on while patient is being administered anesthetic. Several surgical attendants are also visible. Surgical biopsy is called for to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Lab technicians reading and checking serologies to determine presence of influenza A/NJ/8/76 (Swine Flu) and registering antibody rise to the swine influenza virus during vaccine testing trials. Credit: CDC.

The zone of inhibition is measured and compared to a standard in order to determine if an antibiotic is effective in treating the bacterial infection. Credit: CDC.

Building shaker in the doorway of a building Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Ground shaker at Position "A" Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A middle school field trip to Kings Landing. Dragging seine net to determine kinds and variety of organisms present in the river at this time of year. Credit: America's Coastlines.

South Pole Station on a day without a horizon, near "white out" conditions. Flags mark path. One would literally feel like walking in a bowl of milk. There was no surface definition and one had to walk with bent knees because impossible to determine if surface was uneven. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Lieutenant Commander Harley Nygren on the "hero platform." Taking a Nansen cast to determine water temperatures and density. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Spring-loaded grab sampler used to determine bottom characteristics. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Determine
 

"Tip n tell" by Margus Kyttä
Commentary: "Tip n tell device to determine weather or not the package was tipped or tilted. (CD box on background just for color)."
"Chichén Itza Ballcourt" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "The Mayans were great sportsmen and build huge ballcourts to play their games. The Great Ballcourt of Chichén Itzá is 545 feet long and 225 feet wide overall. It has no vault, no discontinuity between the walls and is totally open to the sky. Each end has"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Determine

AuthorQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

George Eliot

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

George Washington

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Plato

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

W. Clement Stone

You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination.

William Shakespeare

What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Determine

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Had there been any such court, any superior jurisdiction on earth, to determine the right between Jephtha and the Ammonites, they had never come to a state of war: but we see he was forced to appeal to heaven. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 2: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

A special Convention shall determine the conditions and procedure of these transfers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Determine

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

The thing is determined, that is (laughing affectedly) as far as I can presume to determine any thing without the concurrence of my lord and master

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Bruneseau had made a beginning, but it required the cholera to determine the vast reconstruction which has since taken place

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Now, noble peers, the cause why we are met Is to determine of the coronation

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

But how far this might be applicable to our courts and favorites, and ministers of state, my master said I could best determine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Determine

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The key to treating chronic diarrhea is to determine its cause. (references)

Future work is needed to determine whether this is a valid approach. (references)

The site and type of brachial plexus injury determine the prognosis. (references)

Business

Supply and demand determine compensation. (references)

Thus, it is difficult to determine accurately the scope of human rights abuses. (references)

In this case INDE would determine the cost of the investment made to study the project. (references)

Children

Haiti

It also called for the establishment of a commission to determine what disciplinary measures would be appropriate for schools to take. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

The police allegedly assaulted the group during questioning to determine the identity of the trip's organizer. (references)

South Africa

The Department asked the school to launch an investigation to determine whether the children were Rastafarians in fact. (references)

Discrimination

Slovak Republic

In September Deputy Prime Minister Csaky's office drafted a comprehensive antidiscrimination law in response to findings in 2000 from a committee that was appointed to examine existing antidiscrimination legislation and determine whether additional legislation is necessary. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

The Costa Rican government does not determine product prices. (references)

Vietnam

Domestic investors can now determine their own management structures. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

Judges determine the outcome of all trials; jury trials are rare. (references)

South Africa

In March the Commission began a process to determine which claims were valid. (references)

Saudi Arabia

There is insufficient information to determine the number of political prisoners. (references)

Indigenous People

Guyana

Under the act, the Government may determine who is an Amerindian and what is an Amerindian community, appoint Amerindian leaders, and annul decisions made by Amerindian councils. (references)

Dominica

Elections are held every 5 years, and the latest election was held in 1999. According to the Carib Constitution, the Council must meet once a month, determine the chief's itinerary, and publish council meeting agendas in the government Gazette. (references)

Australia

In March 2000, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed serious concern that the Government's Native Title amendments would allow the states and territories to pass legislation containing provisions "reducing further the protection of native title claimants." The CERD declared "unsatisfactory" the Government's response to concerns about the Native Title regime expressed in 1999. The Government responded later that year that the laws were passed after full debate in a democratically elected legislature and that the states have a sovereign right to determine land use policy. (references)

Minorities

Egypt

In a number of cases regarding the murder of Christians, it was difficult to determine whether religion was a factor. (references)

Egypt

Observers, including human rights groups, find it extremely difficult to determine whether compulsion was used, as most cases involve a Coptic girl who converts to Islam when she marries a Muslim boy. (references)

United Kingdom

When violence broke out, the Government, in accordance with the Race Relations Act, set up independent boards of inquiry to determine the causes of the violence and examine its effects on multiethnic communities. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

The Act permits the formation of a Wages Council to determine a minimum wage. (references)

Italy

It is currently too early to determine his views on the use of biotechnology in agriculture. (references)

COLOMBIA

A price-band system to determine tariffs for agricultural products excluded them from the liberalization process. (references)

Political Rights

East Timor

The Constituent Assembly was formed to write a constitution to determine the structure of government and division of powers for an independent East Timor. (references)

Bhutan

The King is to determine the portfolios of his ministers, whose terms are limited to 5 years, after which they must pass a vote of confidence in the National Assembly in order to remain in office. (references)

Czech Republic

In December 2000, the Interior Ministry publicly announced that it was conducting an investigation into the constitution of the far right Patriotic Republican Party to determine if the party should be deregistered, and the police and security services monitored the party's activities. (references)

Trade

Greece

Credit institutions may freely determine interest rates. (references)

Kenya

U.S. firms are advised to determine the range of financing offered by competitors. (references)

Ecuador

Exporters can also contact their Ecuadorian importers to determine current regulations. (references)

Travel

Chad

Customs will determine the duty based on the invoice value or, in the absence of an invoice, the estimated value calculated by Customs office. (references)

China

U.S. exhibitors should contact the exhibition organizers to determine their liabilities regarding sample entries for such events before registering to participate, to obtain a clearer understanding of exhibition-related expenses. (references)

Morocco

A growing number of young Moroccan entrepreneurs with degrees from American schools conduct business in English, but it is always a good idea to determine in advance the language to be used during the meeting, should it be necessary to hire an interpreter. (references)

Women

Japan

However, in August the Tokyo District High Court ruled against conventional wage compensation assessment methods that used exisiting gender income disparities to determine future earnings potential in the case of minors. (references)

Cameroon

In cases of divorce, the husband's wishes determine the custody of children over the age of 6. While a man may be convicted of adultery only if the sexual act takes place in his home, a female may be convicted without respect to venue. (references)

Hong Kong

The EOC's task force on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value announced in September its plan to commission a two-month study of government and Hospital Authority jobs to determine whether men and women are paid the same for performing similar tasks. (references)

Worker Rights

China

The Labor Law allows local governments to determine their own standards on minimum wages. (references)

Nigeria

There were few statistics available to determine the success of antitrafficking campaigns. (references)

Nauru

Employers determine wages for foreign contract workers based on market conditions and the consumer price index. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

DELIBERATION, n. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Determine

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Jesse Ventura

Well, I find that steps over the boundary, I think, of the public-private sector in a lot of ways. I think that, you know, it should be more left up to the individual establishment to determine whether they want smokers or don't.

Senator Patrick Leahy

I'd hold a hearing. We'd have a completely fair hearing. Justice Scalia is a longtime personal friend. We'd have that hearing, and I'd determine after the hearing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Determine

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921Sanitary laws, pure food laws, and laws determining conditions of labor which individuals are powerless to determine for themselves are intimate parts of the very business of justice and legal efficiency.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929If we examine carefully what we have done, we can determine the more accurately what we can do.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953The programs we adopt this year and from now on will determine our ability to achieve our objectives.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974We have declared that anything is negotiable except the right of the people of South Vietnam to determine their own future.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981My Administration also supports the completion of the Upper Mississippi River Master Plan to determine the feasibility of constructing a second lock at Alton, Illinois.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Determine

"Determine" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 83.91% of the time. "Determine" is used about 3,906 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)83.91%3,2782,908
Lexical Verb (base form)16.09%62810,333
                    Total100.00%3,906N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Determine

Expressions using "determine": determine in advance determine on determine on doing smth. determine on smth. determine sex determine to determine to do smth.. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "determine": pre-determine, re-determine, self-determine, under-determine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Determine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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29

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6

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20

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6

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19

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6

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17

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6

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15

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5

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14

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5

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13

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5

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10

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5

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9

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5

determine home value

8

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5

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8

business determine value

5

cat determine sex

8

determine file type

5

determine foot square

7

determine fetus sex

4

connection determine failed redirector type

7

determine percentage

4

determine follow much rule thumb two

7

body determine type

4

date determine due pregnancy

7

determine mdac version

4

determine blood type

7

codec determine

4

determine ovulation

7

determine does language think we

4

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7

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4

determine conception date

6

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4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Determine

Language Translations for "determine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

vasstel (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make, make fast, secure), vasmaak (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make, make fast, secure), bepaal (affix, attach, command, confine, define, fasten, fix, limit, make, make fast, order, qualify, restrict, secure, set, set conditions, stipulate, tell). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vendosem (locate, make up one's mind, put up, sit down, stand, think fit), vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, decide, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), përkufizoj, përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, fulfil, fulfill, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, terminate, touch up, transact, wear), përcaktoj (article, ascertain, assign, condition, define, design, designate, destine, elect, evaluate, stipulate), nxit të bëj, nxis të bëj, merr fund (drop), mas (admeasure, fit on, measure, mete, size, span, weigh), llogarit (account, allow, calculate, count, figure, figure on, number, numerate, reckon, score, weigh up), llogaris (account, allow, calculate, cast, compute, count, figure, figure on, find, number, numerate, reckon, score, weigh up), kushtëzoj (condition), bëj të (get, start). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصل فى, ‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, resolve, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏محتوم (certain, fated, inescapable, inevitable, predestined, sure, unavoidable), ‏قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, choose, conclude, condition, decide, destine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, fix, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, resolve, rule, set, settle, state), ‏حتم (necessitate, predestine, predetermine), ‏حسم (clench, clinch, decide, decision, deduct, deduction, determination, discount, discounting, dispose, rebate, recoup, refund, settlement, sew up, shave), ‏حدد (adjust, allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, center, centre, condition, constrict, define, fix, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pin, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, shoe, type), ‏عقد العزم, ‏صفى (clarify, clear, close out, colander, comb out, defecate, do away with, filter, filtrate, leach, liquidate, lixiviate, mop up, polish off, refine, run, sell off, strain, uncloud, wipe out), ‏إنتهى (do, end, fall out, finish, have smth. done, issue, pack up, run out, turn out, wink), ‏إتخذ قرارا (make), ‏أنهى (call a halt, close, complete, compose, conclude, cut, dissolve, do, end, finish, fulfil, fulfill, last, last out, round off, terminate, top, wind up, wrap up), ‏رسم الحدود (border, border on, draw the line). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

установявам (ascertain, establish, find, ground, institute, plant, prescribe, seal, vindicate), спирам се (draw bit, dwell on, enlarge, jib, pull up, repose, rest, stand, stay, stop), решавам (adjudicate, choose, conclude, decide, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, resolve, seal, settle, solve, work), разрешавам (allow, authorise, authorize, knit up, let, licence, license, pass, permit, provide for, resolve, sanction, suffer), отсъждам (adjudge, adjudicate, decide, decree, judge, mete out, rule, settle), обуславям (condition), определям (allot, allow, assign, characterize, define, design, fix, give, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, nominate, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, settle, spot, state), приключвам (conclude, end, end off, get over, sign off, top off, wind up, work out), изтичам (escape, expire, finish, issue, leak, outflow, run, run off, run out, sluice, wear through). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(promote, stallion), 确定 (Certain, Confirmative, Definite, Determinate, Determining, deterministic), 下決心 (resolve). (various references)

   

Czech

  

determinovat, zjistit (ascertain, average, chase up, detect, elicit, establish, find, find out, read, tell), urèovat (govern), urèit (allocate, appoint, assign, define, design, designate, destine, earmark, fix, identify, intend for, lay down, ordain, reserve, settle, state, will), stanovit (assess, define, fix, lay, lay down, name, ordain, rule, set down, specify, will), rozhodnout (adjudge, adjudicate, choose, decide, decree, resolve, seal). (various references)

   

Danish

  

befæste (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nauwkeurig bepalen (fix), determineren (fix). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

difini (define), determini (fix), fiksi (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

siga greiniliga (fix), lýsa (define, describe, illuminate, light, shine), greiða (account for, analyse, clarify, comb, curl, define, deliver, do, explain, furnish, supply), gera av (decide, define, fix), festa (affix, attach, employ, fasten, fix, hire, make fast, secure). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مصمم شدن , حکم دادن (Doom, Judge), تعیین کردن (Appoint, Assess, Assign, Bound, Fix, Locate, Prescribe, Qualify, Slate, Specify, State, Telloff), تصمیم گرفتن (Decide, Resolve). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

määritellä (define, fix, specify). (various references)

   

French

  

fixer (define), déterminer (define). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

definiearje (define), fêstdwaan (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

   

German

  

determinieren (fix), bestimmen (appoint, ascertain, characterize, classify, condition, decide, define, design, designate, destine, earmark, fix, govern, identify, intend, lay down, mark out, mean, ordain, prearrange, qualify, set, specify, to appoint, to designate, to destine, to determine, to intend, to ordain, type, will). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθορίζω (decide, define, designate, map, quote, settle on, specify), προσδιορίζω (assign, define, designate, specify), υπολογίζω (average, calculate, compute, count, estimate, gauge, reckon). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לקבוע (appoint, condition, designate, fix, insert, install, prescribe, provide), לחשב (calculate, compute, reckon, tally, work out), לחרוץ דין (resolve, sentence), להחליט (decide, make up ones mind, resolve), להגדיר (define, denote). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

determinál (fix), definiál (define, to define), meghatároz (ascertain, assign, define, fix, limit, locate, specify, to allocate, to appoint, to assign, to circumscribe, to define, to determine, to peg down, to specify, to spell out, to stipulate), megállapít (ascertain, assess, diagnose, diagnosticate, identify, pre-ordain, to allocate, to appoint, to assess, to determine, to diagnose, to lay down general rules, to premise, to quote, to set out, to state, to tax, to time), elhatároz (conclude, decide, make up one's mind, to decree, to determine, to fix on, to make a resolution, to set forth, to set out). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mendiktekan (dictate), mendeterminasikan (decide). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fissare (affix, appoint, arrange, assess, assign, attach, be fixed, bind, block, book, designate, destine, establish, eye, fasten, fix, gaze, implant, make, make fast, make firm, name, peer, pin, pin down, plant, reserve, rivet, root, schedule, secure, set, settle, stare, stipulate), definire (define, finalize, fix, qualify, settle, term), decidere (adjudicate, clinch, decide, elect, make up one's mind, make up your mind, resolve, settle, to decide). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

決する (to decide, to determine), 定める  (to decide, to determine, to establish), 定める (to decide, to determine, to establish). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

さだめる (to decide, to determine, to establish), けっする (to decide, to determine). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

결정하십시요 (crystallise, Crystallize, Decide). (various references)

   

Manx

  

soiaghey (beset, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), reaghey (arbitrate, arrange, brush out, decide, disentangle, disentanglement, edit, organize, set on fire; decision, umpire), kiarail (circumspection, cogitate, cogitation, design, destine, intend, intention, prepare; care, provide, provision, purport, purpose, purvey, resolution, resolve, vigilance), jannoo magh (content, deduce, define, divine, make out, purvey, purveyance, satisfy, seek out, supply, think out, work out, work out as position), feddyn magh (ascertain, ascertainment, dig out, discover, discovery, elicit, invent, invention, seek out), cronnaghey (check over, detect, miss, observe, perceive, scan). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

bestemme (decide). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

definí (define). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etermineday.(various references)

   

Polish

  

determinować (fix), ustalić (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make fast, secure), ustalać (fix), umocować (affix, attach, fasten, fix, make fast, secure). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fixar (affix, allocate, append, appoint, assign, clench, cling to, define, engrave, fasten, firm, fix, get caught on, impact, joggle, lodge, make fast, nail, pin, pitch, plant, put, record, rivet, root, secure, steady, tie), determinar (access, affix, appoint, ascertain, condition, define, destine, determinate, fasten, fix, govern, make, make fast, make up one's mind, order, post, prescribe, put, resolve, route, secure, set, settle), definir (define). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), determina (abstract, appoint, ascertain, bring, call forth, cause, conditional, convince, define, dictate, draw, entail, establish, find, fix, gather, govern, induce, infer, lead, make, mark out, modify, persuade, procure, produce, prompt, provoke, reason, urge). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

определять (appoint, assign, define, designate, destine, fix, identify to, mete, modify, pinpoint, qualify, rate, sniff out, specifies, specify). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

socraich (cease, fix, make steady, settle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

determinisati, utvrditi (affirm, clinch, consolidate, entrench, establish, fortify, nail, nail down, stipulate), opredeliti (appropriate, decide, destine), odrediti (allot, appoint, appropriate, assign, cast, define, designate, destine, detail, fix, mark off, mark out, modify, order, peg, route, set, set by), određivati (govern, run the show), odlučiti (choose, chose, conclude, decide, decree, resolve, set one's mind on doing smth., settle, will). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fijar (affix, allowance, arrange, assign, attach, bed, fasten, fix, focus, make fast, name, pin up, plaster, post, post up, put up, schedule, secure, set, settle, take down, take to, take up, term), determinar (decide, define, designate, destine, determinate, dispose, establish, fix, shape, swing), definir (define, determinate, nail). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bestämma (appoint, assign, be determined, condition, decide, decree, define, designate, destine, direct, fix, fix up, intend, judge, mean, modify, name, qualify, rule, set, settle, sway), avgöra (arrange, clinch, decide, determining, dispose of, judge, seal, tell). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

saptamak (appoint, assign, establish, fix, peg, state), sabitleştirmek (fixate), neden olmak (beget, bring, bring about, bring along, call forth, cause, conduce, cost, create, do, draw on, encompass, engender, excite, give rise to, incline, invite, originate, procure, produce, provoke, raise, touch off, trigger), kararlaştırmak (agree, appoint, arrange, concert, decide, fix, fix on, fix up on, set, settle, slate), karara varmak (arrive at a decision, come to a decision, conclude, find, judge, make a decision, make up one's mind, resolve, rule, take a decision), karara bağlanmak, belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, detect, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, specify, state). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

seljermek (distinguish). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вимірювати (gauge, meter, size), визначати (assign, balance, decree, define, designate, determinate, govern, identify, mete, operate, ordain, order, single, specificate, tell), обумовлювати (condition, govern, postulate, specify, stipulate), обчислювати (calculate, compute, cypher, date, figure out, numerate). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

terfynu (end, terminate), pennu (appoint, specify), penderfynu (resolve). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Determine

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

cerno, decerno, definire, destinatam, destinatos, destinatum, destinaverunt, destinavit, determinare, determinat, determinatum, exigo, finiantur, finierint, finies, finietur, finis, finissem, finisset, finita, finiti, finitisque, finito, finitum, finitur, finitus, finiunturque, finivit, praefinitionem, praefinitum. (various references)

Old French900-1400

definir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Determine

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 21, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEan de macwntai duo andreV kai pataxwsin gunaika en gastri ecousan kai exelqh to paidion authV mh exeikonismenon epizhmion zhmiwqhsetai kaqoti an epibalh o anhr thV gunaikoV dwsei meta axiwmatoV
Latin405VulgateSi rixati fuerint viri et percusserit quis mulierem praegnantem et abortivum quidem fecerit sed ipsa vixerit subiacebit damno quantum expetierit maritus mulieris et arbitri iudicarint
Middle English1395WyclifIf men chiden, and a man smyte a womman with child, and make forsothe the child deed born, but she lyueth, he shal be vndurcast to the harme, as myche as the housbond of the womman wole aske, and domes men shulen deme.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWhen men stryue and smyte a woman with childe so that hir frute departe from her and yet no mysfortune foloweth: then shall he be mersed, acordynge as the womans husbonde will laye to his charge, and he shall paye as the dayes men appoynte him.
Jacobean English1611King JamesIf men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Victorian English1833WebsterIf men shall contend, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit shall depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Basic English1964OgdenIf men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Determine

LanguageExodus Chapter 21, Verse 22
Cebuano¶ Kong may mga tawo nga manag-away ug makasamad sa usa ka babaye nga nagamabdos, sa pagkaagi nga kini siya makuhaan, ug walay kadaut nga nahitabo, ang nakasamad pagamultahan ingon sa igapahamtang kaniya sa bana sa babaye, ug magabayad siya sumala sa gimbut-an sa mga maghuhukom.
CroatianAko se ljudi pobiju i udare trudnu ženu te ona pobaci, ali druge štete ne bude, onda onaj koji ju je udario neka plati odštetu koju zatraži njezin muž. On neka plati kako suci odrede.
DanishNår Mænd kommer i Slagsmål og støder til en frugtsommelig Kvinde, så hun nedkommer i Utide, men der ellers ingen Ulykke sker, da skal han bøde, hvad Kvindens Mand pålægger ham, og give Erstatning for det dødfødte Barn.
DutchWanneer nu mannen kijven, en slaan een zwangere vrouw, dat haar de vrucht afgaat, doch geen dodelijk verderf zij, zo zal hij zekerlijk gestraft worden, gelijk als hem de man der vrouw oplegt, en hij zal het geven door de rechters.
FinnishJos miehet tappelevat keskenänsä ja loukkaavat raskasta vaimoa, niin että hän synnyttää kesken, mutta vahinkoa ei tapahdu, niin sakotettakoon syyllistä vaimon miehen vaatimuksen ja riidanratkaisijain harkinnan mukaan.
FrenchSi des hommes se querellent, et qu`ils heurtent une femme enceinte, et la fasse accoucher, sans autre accident, ils seront punis d`une amende imposée par le mari de la femme, et qu`ils paieront devant les juges.
GermanWenn Männer hadern und verletzen ein schwangeres Weib, daß ihr die Frucht abgeht, und ihr kein Schade widerfährt, so soll man ihn um Geld strafen, wieviel des Weibes Mann ihm auflegt, und er soll's geben nach der Schiedsrichter Erkennen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau beberapa orang lelaki sedang berkelahi dan salah seorang di antara mereka mendatangkan cedera pada seorang perempuan hamil sehingga ia keguguran, tetapi tidak menderita pada bagian lain, maka orang itu harus membayar denda sebesar yang dituntut suaminya dan disetujui oleh hakim-hakim.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka jikalau ada orang berkelahi serta memalu seorang yang bunting, sehingga gugurlah anaknya, tetapi tiadalah bahaya kematian, maka tak akan jangan ia kena denda sekadar yang dikenakan oleh lakinya orang itu dan yang ditentukan oleh orang wasit.
ItalianQuando alcuni uomini rissano e urtano una donna incinta, così da farla abortire, se non vi è altra disgrazia, si esigerà un'ammenda, secondo quanto imporrà il marito della donna, e il colpevole pagherà attraverso un arbitrato.
Maori¶ Ki te whawhai etahi tangata ki a ratou, a ka whara tetahi wahine e hapu ana, a ka materoto tana tamaiti, otiia kahore atu he he, me tango he utu i a ia, ara ta te tahu o te wahine e whakarite ai ki a ia; hei ta nga kaiwhakawa e mea ai tana e hom ai ai.
NorwegianNår menn kommer i slagsmål med hverandre og støter til en fruktsommelig kvinne, så hun føder i utide, men ellers ingen ulykke skjer, så skal den som gjorde det, gi den bot som kvinnens mann pålegger ham; han skal gi efter dommeres skjønn.
PortugueseSe alguns homens brigarem, e um ferir uma mulher grávida, e for causa de que aborte, não resultando, porém, outro dano, este certamente será multado, conforme o que lhe impuser o marido da mulher, e pagará segundo o arbítrio dos juízes;   
RumanianDacq se ceartq doi oameni, wi lovesc pe o femeie knsqrcinatq, wi o fac doar sq nascq knainte de vreme, fqrq altq nenorocire, sq fie pedepsiyi cu o gloabq, pusq de bqrbatul femeii, wi pe care o vor plqti dupq hotqrkrea judecqtorilor.
Spanish"Cuando algunos hombres peleen y hieran a una mujer encinta y ésta aborte sin mayor daño, el culpable será multado de acuerdo con lo que le imponga el marido de la mujer y según lo que establezcan los jueces.
SwedishOm män träta med varandra, och någon av dem stöter till en havande kvinna, så att hon föder fram sitt foster, men eljest ingen olycka sker, så böte han vad kvinnans man ålägger honom och betale efter skiljedomares prövning.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Determine

Derivations

Words beginning with "determine": determined, determinedly, determinedness, determinednesses, determiner, determiners, determines. (additional references)

Words ending with "determine": predetermine, redetermine. (additional references)

Words containing "determine": overdetermined, predetermined, predeterminer, predeterminers, predetermines, redetermined, redetermines, undetermined. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Determine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dedermine, deermine, Dejerine, Deterink, determen, determime, determin, Determind, determinen, determineth, determing, determint, detremine, Detterman, ketomine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Determine"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "determine" (pronounced duter"mun)
5-t er" m u npredetermine.
4-er" m u nFirman, Ermine, german, sermon.
3-m u nfamine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, Landman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Determine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-t"

-1 letter: reminted.

-2 letters: demerit, dimeter, emender, emetine, entered, eremite, ermined, merited, metered, mitered, needier, reedmen, retimed, teenier.

-3 letters: dement, denier, dieter, emetin, endite, entire, entree, ermine, eterne, itemed, meeter, mender, metier, metred, minder, minted, minter, mitred, needer, nereid, redeem, reedit, reemit, reined, remeet, remend, remind, remint, rented, retene, retied, retime, retine, rident, teemed, teemer.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-t"
 

+1 letter: determined, determiner, determines, extermined, methedrine, misentered, mutineered, regimented.

 

+2 letters: debridement, determinate, determiners, incremented, intermeddle, intermeshed, methedrines, redetermine, remoistened, remonetized.

 

+3 letters: bewilderment, debridements, decipherment, decrementing, demagnetizer, densitometer, determinable, determinedly, disagreement, disseverment, endothermies, experimented, exterminated, hereditament, intermeddled, intermeddler, intermeddles, intermediate, predetermine, premoistened, radioelement, redemptioner, redetermined, redetermines, undetermined, unembittered.

 

+4 letters: advertisement, advertizement, bewilderments, decipherments, demagnetizers, densitometers, determinacies, determinately, determinative, disagreements, dismemberment, disseverments, endometrioses, hereditaments, indeterminate, interepidemic, intermeddlers, intermediated, intermediates, mediterranean, predetermined, predeterminer, predetermines, radioelements, redemptioners, redetermining, semisedentary, underestimate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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