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Determine: find limits, resolve scope of....

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verb (used with object), determined,determining.

1. to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.

2. to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning, observation, etc.

3. Geometry. to fix the position of.

4. to cause, affect, or control; fix or decide causally: Demand for a product usually determines supply.

5. to give direction or tendency to; impel.

6. Logic. to limit (a notion) by adding differentiatingcharacteristics.

7. Chiefly Law. to put an end to; terminate.

verb (used without object), determined,determining.

10. to come to a decision or resolution; decide.

11. Chiefly Law. to come to an end.