1 tr. find out or establish precisely (have to determine the extent of the problem).
2 tr. decide or settle (determined who should go).
3 tr. be a decisive factor in regard to (demand determines supply).
4 intr. & tr. make or cause (a person) to make a decision (we determined to go at once; what determined you to do it?).
5 tr. & intr. esp. Law bring or come to an end.
6 tr. Geom. fix or define the position of.
Phrases and idioms:
be determined be resolved (was determined not to give up).
Derivatives:
determinable adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF determiner f. L determinare (as DE-, terminus end)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.