different between compose vs determine

English

Etymology

From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA^(key): /k?m?po?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m-p?z?, IPA^(key): /k?m?p??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Verb

compose (third-person singular simple present composes, present participle composing, simple past and past participle composed)

1. (transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]
   • December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall

     Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection.

2. (transitive) To make up the whole; to constitute.

   • A few useful things […] compose their intellectual possessions.

3. (transitive, nonstandard) To comprise.
4. (transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6

     Let me […] compose / Something in Verse as true as Prose.

   • 1838, Benjamin Haydon, Painting, and the fine arts

     the genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper"

5. (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.

   • Compose thy mind; / Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.

6. To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
7. To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 280:

     By trying his best to compose matters with the mullahs, he had sincerely shown that he did not seek a violent collision […]

8. To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

   • In a peaceful grave my corpse compose.
9. (printing, dated) To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.

Synonyms

• (make up the whole): constitute, form; see also Thesaurus:compose

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Verb

compose

1. first-person singular present indicative of composer
2. third-person singular present indicative of composer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of composer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of composer
5. second-person singular imperative of composer

Italian

Verb

compose

1. third-person singular past historic of comporre

English

Alternative forms

• determin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English determinen, from Old French determiner, French déterminer, from Latin determin?re (“to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”), from de + termin?re (“to limit”), from terminus (“bound, limit, end”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??t?m?n/

Verb

determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined)

1. To set the boundaries or limits of.
2. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 259]:

     These dramas may appear purely internal but they are perhaps economically determined … when people think they are being so subtly inventive or creative they merely reflect society's general need for economic growth.

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

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

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

7. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
8. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• determine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• determine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• determine at OneLook Dictionary Search
• "determine" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 98.

Anagrams

• intermede, nemertide

Galician

Verb

determine

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of determinar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of determinar

Ladin

Verb

determine

1. first-person singular present indicative of determiner
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of determiner
4. third-person plural present subjunctive of determiner

Portuguese

Verb

determine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of determinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of determinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of determinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of determinar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?termine]

Verb

determine

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of determina
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of determina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dete??mine/, [d?e.t?e??mi.ne]

Verb

determine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of determinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of determinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of determinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of determinar.