Synonyms for determinate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : adjective dih-tur-muh-nit; verb dih-tur-muh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective dɪˈtɜr mə nɪt; verb dɪˈtɜr məˌneɪt

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Définition of determinate

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin determinatus, past participle of determinare (see determine).
  • adj definite
Example sentences :
  • But that thing of his dissembling was only subject to his perceptibility, not to his will determinate.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • It is, in fact, determinate, because the statute prescribes its limit.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • How can we avoid believing that their nature is determinate?
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • The given is undoubtedly just what it is; it is determinate throughout.
  • Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey
  • It is life which gives to every other possession its determinate value.
  • Extract from : « The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) » by Timothy East
  • Now these aesthetical Ideas are not concepts or determinate thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Kant's Critique of Judgement » by Immanuel Kant
  • But of two opposites, if the one be fixed and determinate, the other must be fixed and determinate also.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • She was again like the bright American air, too determinate, too sharp.
  • Extract from : « Rose MacLeod » by Alice Brown
  • What is it that builds a house and plants a garden but the definite and determinate?
  • Extract from : « Ideas of Good and Evil » by William Butler Yeats
  • To theology, God is determinate; to doubt, imperfect if determinate.
  • Extract from : « The Will to Doubt » by Alfred H. Lloyd

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