déterminer — meaning in English

English meaning

• appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
• define verb To state clearly what a word, phrase, or symbol means.
• determine verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually by investigation.

Senses

déterminer is used for these senses in English:

• appoint (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
• define To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

appoint — full definition

1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

define — full definition

1. verb To state clearly what a word, phrase, or symbol means.
2. verb To describe the essential nature or limits of something clearly.

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