determine

determine is a 9-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
2. transitive verb. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
3. transitive verb. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
4. transitive verb. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
5. transitive verb. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
6. transitive verb. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
7. transitive verb. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
8. transitive verb. To define or limit by adding a differentia.
9. transitive verb. To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
10. intransitive verb. To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
11. intransitive verb. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
12. verb. reach, make, or come to a decision about something

    "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

    Synonyms: decide

13. verb. fix conclusively or authoritatively

    "set the rules"

    Synonyms: set

14. verb. fix in scope; fix the boundaries of

    "the tree determines the border of the property"

15. verb. shape or influence; give direction to

    "experience often determines ability"

    "mold public opinion"

    Synonyms: influence, mold, regulate, shape

16. verb. settle conclusively; come to terms

    "We finally settled the argument"

    Synonyms: settle

17. verb. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

    "find the product of two numbers"

    "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

    Synonyms: ascertain, find

18. verb. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

    "I want to see whether she speaks French"

    "See whether it works"

    Synonyms: ascertain, check, learn, see, watch

19. verb. decide upon or fix definitely

    "fix the variables"

    "specify the parameters"

    Synonyms: define, fix, limit, set, specify

Synonyms

decide, set, influence, mold, regulate, shape, settle, ascertain, find, check, learn, see, watch, define, fix, limit, specify

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in determine:

intermede

Common word forms

determined, determiner, determines, determining

Words from these letters

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