determinate
English
Etymology
From Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“I limit, set bounds”).
Adjective
determinate (not comparable)
- Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]
- Dryden
- Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 122,
- […] 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.
- Dryden
- Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
- hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:
- (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
- Conclusive; decisive; positive.
- Bible, Acts ii. 23
- The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
- Bible, Acts ii. 23
- (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
- Shakespeare
- My determinate voyage.
- Shakespeare
- Of determined purpose; resolute.
- Sir Philip Sidney
- More determinate to do than skillful how to do.
- Sir Philip Sidney
Antonyms
- (limited): indeterminate, nondeterminate
- (biology): indeterminate
Derived terms
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Translations
distinct, defined
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Noun
determinate (plural determinates)
- (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
- 2007 September 5, David Denby, “Generating possibilities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 2, DOI: :
- 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.
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Verb
determinate (third-person singular simple present determinates, present participle determinating, simple past and past participle determinated)
- (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
- Shakespeare
- The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
- Shakespeare
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