determine

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To find out something exactly, by looking at the facts or calculating.

   Doctors are trying to determine the cause of the illness.

2. 2
   verb

   To control or decide what something will be like.

   Your effort will determine your final grade.

3. 3
   verb

   To decide firmly to do something.

   She determined to leave home at once.

From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).

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