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laydown | determine |

As a noun laydown

is (usually|uncountable) the act of laying something down.

As a verb determine is

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laydown

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (usually, uncountable) The act of laying something down
  • *{{quote-book, 1992, T.S. Shuler et al., Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders, chapter=Design and Construction of Asphalt Concrete Using Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders citation
    • , passage=However, significant smoke was observed during laydown of this mixture. }}
  • (publishing) A physical mockup or layout of a page design
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, Susan Linnet Cox, Photo Styling citation
    • , passage=It was a week's worth of laydowns portraying the full line of athletic clothing for that season
  • (military) A pattern of deployment
  • *{{quote-book, 1984, Ashton B. Carter et al., Ballistic Missile Defense citation
    • , passage=The offense could contrive a variety of laydowns to intensify the defense's problems.}}
  • (bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract
  • *{{quote-news, 2008, December 26, Phillip Alder, Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying, The New York Times citation
    • , passage=North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown .}}
  • (fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish
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    • Related terms

    *lay down

    See also

    *(wikipedia "laydown")

    determine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (determin)
  • To set the limits of.
  • * Bible, Acts xvii. 26
    • [God] hath determined the times before appointed.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
  • To ascertain definitely; to figure out.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=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.}}
  • To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  • * J. Edwards
    • The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
  • * W. Black
    • something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life
  • To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .
    • Someone else's will determined me to this course.
  • To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
    • The court has determined the cause.
  • To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
    • The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.
  • (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
  • (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?

    Derived terms

    {{der3, determinant , determination , determiner , determinism , determinist , overdetermine , underdetermine}}

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