Found 4 items, similar to determine.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: determine menentukan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: determine mendeterminasikan, mendiktekan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: determine determine v 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” [syn: find, find out, ascertain] 2: shape or influence; give direction to; “experience often determines ability”; “mold public opinion” [syn: shape, mold, influence, regulate] 3: fix conclusively or authoritatively; “set the rules” [syn: set] 4: decide upon or fix definitely; “fix the variables”; “specify the parameters” [syn: specify, set, fix, limit] 5: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; “We finally decided after lengthy deliberations” [syn: decide, make up one's mind] 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” [syn: settle, square off, square up] 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” [syn: check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Determine Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. i. 1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. --South. [1913 Webster] Estates may determine on future contingencies. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on. “Determine on some course.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] He shall pay as the judges determine. --Ex. xxi. 22. [1913 Webster] Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Determined; p. pr. & vb. n. Determining.] [F. d['e]terminer, L. determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See Term.] 1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. [1913 Webster] [God] hath determined the times before appointed. --Acts xvii. 26. [1913 Webster] 2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish. [1913 Webster] The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Now, where is he that will not stay so long Till his friend sickness hath determined me? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. [1913 Webster] The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster] Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. --W. Black. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] 5. 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. [1913 Webster] 6. 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. [1913 Webster] 7. 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. [1913 Webster] 8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia. [1913 Webster] 9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water. [1913 Webster]