determine

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  2. verb shape or influence; give direction to
  3. verb fix conclusively or authoritatively

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

find, find out, ascertain

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