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determinateness

determinateness noun: the quality or state of being determinate.

Noun

determinateness (usually uncountable, plural determinatenesses)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being determinate.
    • […] his determinateness and his power, seemed to make allies unnecessary; […]1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 272
    • It cannot be expected that our classifications should vie in accuracy and determinateness with those of natural science.1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 20
    Synonyms:
    determinacy

Examples of determinateness in a sentence

  • The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XXIV. Lucy at the Apostles’.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...
  • Douglas Gale […] made me rethink the question of the determinateness of the price level.1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page xi:

Synonyms of determinateness

Forms of determinateness

pluraldeterminatenesses

Origin of determinateness

From determinate + -ness.

Questions about determinateness

What does determinateness mean?
Determinateness means the quality or state of being determinate.
How do you use determinateness in a sentence?
The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.
What part of speech is determinateness?
Determinateness is a noun.
What is the plural of determinateness?
The plural of determinateness is determinatenesses.

Words near determinateness in the dictionary

  1. determinate state
  2. determinate verb
  3. determinate verbs
  4. determinated
  5. determinately
  6. determinateness
  7. determinatenesses
  8. determinates
  9. determinating
  10. determination
  11. determinations

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