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Ascertain vs Determinate - What's the difference?

ascertain | determinate |

As verbs the difference between ascertain and determinate

is that ascertain is to find out definitely; to discover or establish while determinate is (obsolete) to bring to an end; to determine.

As an adjective determinate is

distinct, clearly defined.

As a noun determinate is

(philosophy) a single state of a particular determinable attribute.

ascertain

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
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    As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.

    Synonyms

    * determine * discover * establish * find out * learn * work out

    Anagrams

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    determinate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Distinct, clearly defined.
  • * Dryden
    • Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.
  • Fixed, set, unvarying.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts II:
    • hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].
  • (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
  • conclusive; decisive; positive
  • * Bible, Acts ii. 23
    • The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God.
  • (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My determinate voyage.
  • Of determined purpose; resolute.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • More determinate to do than skillful how to do.

    Antonyms

    * (limited) indeterminate, nondeterminate * (biology) indeterminate

    Derived terms

    * determinateness

    Related terms

    * determinacy * determination * determine * deterministic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.
  • * {{quote-journal, 2007, date=September 5, David Denby, Generating possibilities, Philosophical Studies, url=, doi=10.1007/s11098-007-9159-z, volume=141, issue=2, pages=
    • , passage=And since being negatively-charged and being positively-charged are determinates of the same determinable, [D5] will not permit us to infer worlds where anything negatively-charged is also positively-charged. }}

    Verb

    (determinat)
  • (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The sly, slow hours shall not determinate / The dateless limit of thy dear exile.
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