determines

Verb

determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined)

1. To set the boundaries or limits of.
   • [God] hath determined the times before appointed.1611, Bible, KJV edition, Acts 17:26
2. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
   • 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.2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
   • The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.1741 July 8, Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
   • The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
5. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
   • The court has determined the cause.

   Synonyms:

   find, judge, make a decision, choose up, decide, resolve, posken, make up one's mind, take a decision, work out

6. To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
   • I determined to go home at once.

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