Antonyms for determines
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for determines
- actuate
- add up to
- affect
- arbitrate
- ascertain
- boil down to
- bound
- call the shots
- catch on
- certify
- check
- cinch
- circumscribe
- clinch
- command
- complete
- condition
- control
- decide
- delimit
- demonstrate
- destine
- detect
- devise
- direct
- dispose
- divine
- doom
- drive
- elect
- end
- establish
- fate
- figure
- figure out
- finger
- finish
- fix
- fix upon
- foreordain
- halt
- have a hunch
- hear
- impel
- impose
- incline
- induce
- influence
- invent
- lead
- learn
- limit
- make out
- make up mind
- manage
- mark off
- measure
- modify
- move
- nail down
- opt
- ordain
- persuade
- pin down
- plot
- predestine
- predetermine
- predispose
- preform
- preordain
- purpose
- regulate
- resolve
- rule
- see
- settle
- shape
- size up
- take a decision
- tap
- tell
- terminate
- tumble
- ultimate
- unearth
- verify
- wind up
- work out
- wrap up
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