transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪtɜ:(r)mɪn ]
( determines, determining, determined)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind. ( FORMAL )
The size of the chicken pieces will determine the cooking time...
What determines whether you are a career success or a failure?
= dictate
VERB : V n , V wh
• de‧ter‧mi‧na‧tion
...the gene which is responsible for male sex determination.
N-UNCOUNT : with supp
2.
To determine a fact means to discover it as a result of investigation. ( FORMAL )
The investigation will determine what really happened...
Testing needs to be done to determine the long-term effects on humans...
Science has determined that the risk is very small.
= identify
VERB : V wh , V n , V that
3.
If you determine something, you decide it or settle it.
The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future...
My aim was first of all to determine what I should do next.
VERB : V n , V wh , also V that , V wh to-inf
• de‧ter‧mi‧na‧tion
(determinations)
We must take into our own hands the determination of our future.
N-COUNT : usu sing , usu the N of n
4.
If you determine to do something, you make a firm decision to do it. ( FORMAL )
He determined to rescue his two countrymen...
I determined that I would ask him outright.
VERB : V to-inf , V that