determinate

[ adjective dih-tur-muh-nit; verb dih-tur-muh-neyt ]
/ adjective dɪˈtɜr mə nɪt; verb dɪˈtɜr məˌneɪt /

adjective

verb (used with object), de·ter·mi·nat·ed, de·ter·mi·nat·ing.

to make certain of.
to identify.

Origin of determinate

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin dēterminātus, past participle of dētermināre. See determine, -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM determinate

de·ter·mi·nate·ly, adverb de·ter·mi·nate·ness, noun

Example sentences from the Web for determinated

  • He was just as pushing and determinated and persisting in his work as though he was taking orders for enlarging crayon portraits.

    Ladies and Gentlemen  |Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for determinated

determinate
/ (dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪt) /

adjective

definitely limited, defined, or fixed; distinct
a less common word for determined
  1. able to be predicted or deduced
  2. (of an effect) obeying the law of causality
botany (of an inflorescence) having the main and branch stems ending in flowers and unable to grow further; cymose
(of a structure, stress, etc) able to be fully analysed or determined

Derived forms of determinate

determinately, adverb determinateness, noun

Scientific definitions for determinated

determinate
[ dĭ-tûrmə-nĭt ]

Precisely determined, limited, or defined.
Not continuing to grow at an apical meristem. In the cyme, a determinate inflorescence, for example, the first floret develops at the end of the meristem, and no further elongation of the inflorescence can occur.