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   De·ter·mi·nate

   /dəˈtərmənət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having exact and discernible limits or form: "the phrase has lost any determinate meaning"
   • ▪ (of a flowering shoot) having the main axis ending in a flower bud and therefore no longer extending in length, as in a cyme.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin determinatus ‘limited, determined’, past participle of determinare (see determine).

   Derivatives

   • 1. determinacy noun
   • 2. determinately adverb
   • 3. determinateness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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