English Dictionary

determine

IPA（発音記号）

/dɪˈtɜːmɪn/

動詞

To set the boundaries or limits of. / To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

日本語の意味

境界や限界、制限を定める / 確実に把握する、分析・計算・調査によって結論を導き出す

Before the project begins, the committee must determine the scope of the environmental review.

プロジェクトが始まる前に、委員会は環境調査の範囲を定めなければならない。

意味（1）

To set the boundaries or limits of.

[God] hath determined the times before appointed.

意味（2）

To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.

意味（3）

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.

意味（4）

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

意味（5）

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

The court has determined the cause.

意味（6）

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

I determined to go home at once.

意味（7）

(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

意味（8）

(law, otherwise obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

If a lease is determined by notice, forfeiture or frustration, all incumbrances will normally end automatically with the determination of the lease and can therefore be ignored.

determines （ present singular third-person ）

determining （ participle present ）

determined （ participle past ）

determined （ past ）