Determinate Meaning
/dɪˈtɜːmɪnət/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjDistinct, clearly defined.
adjFixed, determined, set, unvarying.
Sentence Examples
Determinate tomato cultivars stop growing at a certain height.
Organisms have determinate lifespans.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract has a ____ duration of exactly two years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ tomato cultivars stop growing at a certain height.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin dēterminātus, perfect passive participle of dēterminō (“to limit, set bounds”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet."
— 1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie:
"[…] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service."
— 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 122:
"[…] hym have ye taken by the hondes of vnrightewes perſones / after he was delivered by the determinat counſell and fore knoweledge of God / and have crucified and ſlayne hym / […]"
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts :[23], folio clv, verso:
"[S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpoſe which generally inſures ſucceſs."
— 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter VI, page 129:
"My determinate voyage."
— c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The contract has a ____ duration of exactly two years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ tomato cultivars stop growing at a certain height.