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determinate

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtəːmɪnət/
Definition of determinate

adjective

  • having exact and discernible limits or form:the longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts
  • Botany (of a flowering shoot) having the main axis ending in a flower bud and therefore no longer extending in length, as in a cyme.

Derivatives

determinacy

noun

determinately

adverb

determinateness

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin determinatus 'limited, determined', past participle of determinare (see determine)

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Definition of determinate in the US English dictionary

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