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- DictionaryDe·ter·mi·nate/dəˈtərmənət/
adjective
- 1. having exact and discernible limits or form: "the phrase has lost any determinate meaning"
1. : having defined limits. a determinate period of time. 2. : definitely settled. a determinate order of precedence. 3. : conclusively determined : definitive. a determinate answer. 4. botany : characterized by sequential flowering from the central or uppermost bud to the lateral or basal (see basal sense 1b) buds.
able to be predicted or deduced. (of an effect) obeying the law of causality. botany (of an inflorescence) having the main and branch stems ending in flowers and unable to grow further; cymose. (of a structure, stress, etc) able to be fully analysed or determined.
adjective. formal uk / dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət / us / dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət / Add to word list. fixed or exact: A determinate sentence of imprisonment was imposed. Opposite. indeterminate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accurate and exact. accuracy. accurately. aright. authoritative. dime. Goldilocks. got it in one! idiom. in so many words idiom.
DETERMINATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of determinate in English. determinate. adjective. formal us / dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət / uk / dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət / Add to word list. fixed or exact: A determinate sentence of imprisonment was imposed. Opposite. indeterminate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accurate and exact.
adjective. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause. “a determinate distance”. “a determinate number”. “ determinate variations in animals”. synonyms: fixed. (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value. see more.
1. definitely limited, defined, or fixed; distinct. 2. a less common word for determined. 3. (Logic) a. able to be predicted or deduced. b. (of an effect) obeying the law of causality. 4. (Botany) botany (of an inflorescence) having the main and branch stems ending in flowers and unable to grow further; cymose.
Firm in purpose; resolute. Having a flower at the end of the primary axis and of each secondary axis; cymose. Terminating in a flower and blooming in a sequence beginning with the uppermost or central flower. A determinate inflorescence. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.