DETERMINE


Meaning of DETERMINE in English

v.

1. tr. find out or establish precisely (have to determine the extent of the problem).

2 tr. decide or settle (determined who should go).

3 tr. be a decisive factor in regard to (demand determines supply).

4 intr. & tr. make or cause (a person) to make a decision (we determined to go at once; what determined you to do it?).

5 tr. & intr. esp. Law bring or come to an end.

6 tr. Geom. fix or define the position of.

Phrases and idioms:

be determined be resolved (was determined not to give up).

Derivatives:

determinable adj.

Etymology: ME f. OF determiner f. L determinare (as DE-, terminus end)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.