determine.
To set the boundaries or limits of.
Meaning & usage
To set the boundaries or limits of.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
The court has determined the cause.
To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
I determined to go home at once.
To define or limit by adding a differentia.
To bring to an end, finish; to come to an end, stop, end.
Where this word comes from
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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