determinate — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Distinct, clearly defined.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.

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   […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.

2. Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

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   […] hym have ye taken by the hondes of vnrightewes perſones / after he was delivered by the determinat counſell and fore knoweledge of God / and have crucified and ſlayne hym / […]

   [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpoſe which generally inſures ſucceſs.

3. Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

4. Conclusive; decisive; positive.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

5. Determined or resolved upon.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete

   Examples

   My determinate voyage.

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   Francesca saw the danger of allowing this apathy to increase, and would fain have laid down some determinate scheme, and sought some fixed home and employment, which must have brought its occupations, its habits, and, finally, its interests.

6. Of determined purpose; resolute.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.

Noun

1. A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

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   And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged.

Verb

1. To bring to an end; to determine.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.

Adjective

1. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause

   Antonyms

   indeterminate

   Examples

   a determinate distance

   a determinate number

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   determinate variations in animals

2. not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex

   Antonyms

   indeterminate

   Examples

   determinate growth

3. supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement

   Synonyms

   definitive

   Examples

   a definitive verdict

   a determinate answer to the problem