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Word entry · 9 letters

determine

Best crossword clue

"Decide or establish"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ).mɪn/Part of speech verbSorted deeeimnrtStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. reach, make, or come to a decision about something

Word origin

From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determināre (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termināre (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).

Used in a sentence

  • [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
  • The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
  • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

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