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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-tur-min
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɜr mɪn



Definition of determines

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb conclude, decide
  • verb discover, find out
  • verb choose, decide
  • verb dictate, govern, regulate
Example sentences :
  • There is some other principle which determines him to form such a conclusion.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • It is the nature of the thing, not the clearness of its outline, that determines its operation.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • It has mass and it has weight, and he calculates and determines from the disturbances what that weight is.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • Yet it is affinity that determines which two shall converse.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • This is the knowledge of classes which determines where they can have communion with one another and where not.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • What determines the suitability of a region for grape-growing?
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • Nobody fails when he wants to win,—when he determines to win.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • That gives the measure of the man, and determines the quality of his influence.
  • Extract from : « Views and Reviews » by William Ernest Henley
  • What determines what proportion of his right to think, each man shall have?
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • What determines what proportion of his right to live, each man shall have?
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee

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