adj
Meaning 1
Distinct, clearly defined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
determinate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Conclusive; decisive; positive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 5
Determined or resolved upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adj
Meaning 6
Of determined purpose; resolute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 7
A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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verb
Meaning 8
To bring to an end; to determine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adjective
Meaning 9
precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a determinate distance
- a determinate number
- determinate variations in animals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indeterminate
adjective
Meaning 10
not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- determinate growth
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indeterminate
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a definitive verdict
- a determinate answer to the problem
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: definitive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“to limit, set bounds”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
From Middle English determinaten, from determinat + -en, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French déterminer.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: определен (opredelen) — distinct, defined
- Bulgarian: установен (ustanoven) — distinct, defined
- Bulgarian: ограничен (ograničen) — distinct, defined
- Catalan: determinat — distinct, defined
- Czech: určitý — distinct, defined
- Czech: pevný — distinct, defined
- Czech: neměnný — distinct, defined
- German: bestimmt — distinct, defined
- German: entschieden — distinct, defined
- German: eindeutig — distinct, defined
- Hungarian: meghatározott — distinct, defined
- Sicilian: ditirminatu — distinct, defined
- Spanish: determinado — distinct, defined
- Czech: určující — decisive