determine
pronunciation
How to pronounce determine in British English:
UK [dɪˈtɜːmɪn]
How to pronounce determine in American English:
US [dɪˈtɜːrmɪn]
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- Verb:
- after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- shape or influence; give direction to
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Word Origin
- determine
- determine: [14] The central meaning of determine is ‘fix a limit to’, as in ‘determine the scope of an enquiry’. It comes via Old French determiner from Latin dētermināre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘off’ and termināre ‘limit’ (source of English terminate). Its connotations of ‘firm resolve’, a 17th-century development, came via an intermediate sense ‘come to a firm decision on’.=> terminate
- determine (v.)
- mid-14c., "to come to an end," also "to settle, decide" (late 14c.), from Old French determiner (12c.) or directly from Latin determinare "to enclose, bound, set limits to," from de- "off" (see de-) + terminare "to mark the end or boundary," from terminus "end, limit" (see terminus). Sense of "coming to a firm decision" (to do something) is from mid-15c. Related: Determined; determining; determiner.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Your decisions determine your destiny ...... .
- 2. Determine if your behavior is putting you at risk .
- 3. So how can you determine which ailment you have ?
- 4. Measuring the brightness of the bacteria thus provides a simple way to determine pollution levels .
- 5. It uses sea-based instruments to determine how the seafloor is moving , and how strains build up .