determine

determine
[[t]dɪtɜ͟ː(r)mɪn[/t]]
♦♦
determines, determining, determined
1) VERB If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind. [FORMAL]

[V n] The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time...

[V n] Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner...

[V wh] What determines whether you are a career success or a failure?

Syn:
decide, dictate
Derived words:
determination N-UNCOUNT with supp

...the gene which is responsible for male sex determination.

2) VERB To determine a fact means to discover it as a result of investigation. [FORMAL]

[V wh] The investigation will determine what really happened...

[V n] Experts say testing needs to be done on each contaminant to determine the long-term effects on humans...

[V that] The best science can do is determine that a risk is so small that it's not worth worrying about. [Also V wh]

Syn:
3) VERB If you determine something, you decide it or settle it.

[V n] The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future...

[V n] The final wording had not yet been determined...

[V wh] My aim was first of all to determine what I should do next. [Also V that, V wh-to-inf]

Derived words:
determination plural N-COUNT usu sing, usu the N of n

We must take into our own hands the determination of our future.

4) VERB If you determine to do something, you make a firm decision to do it. [FORMAL]

[V to-inf] He determined to rescue his two countrymen...

[V that] I determined that I would ask him outright.


English dictionary. 2008.

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