different between determinate vs designate

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?n?t/
• (verb) (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?ne?t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin d?termin?tus, perfect passive participle of d?termin? (“I limit, set bounds”).

Adjective

determinate (not comparable)

1. Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie

     Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 122, [1]

     […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.

2. Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]
   • 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 [...].

   • 1796–7, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman, Oxford 2009, p. 107:

     [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpose which generally insures success.

3. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
4. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
5. (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
6. Of determined purpose; resolute.

   • More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.

Antonyms

• (limited): indeterminate, nondeterminate
• (biology): indeterminate

Derived terms

• determinateness

Related terms

• determinacy
• determination
• determine
• deterministic

Translations

Noun

determinate (plural determinates)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English determinaten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

determinate (third-person singular simple present determinates, present participle determinating, simple past and past participle determinated)

1. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.

Esperanto

Adverb

determinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of determini

Italian

Adjective

determinate f pl

1. feminine plural of determinato

Anagrams

• demeritante

Latin

Verb

d?termin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?termin?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
• (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/

Adjective

designate (not comparable)

1. Designated; appointed; chosen.

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2. (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.

Verb

designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.
3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

Synonyms

• (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
• (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
• (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Derived terms

• designated driver
• designated hitter

Related terms

• codesignative
• designation
• designative
• designatum

Translations

Further reading

• designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Interlingua

Participle

designate

1. past participle of designar

Italian

Verb

designate

1. second-person plural present and imperative of designare
2. feminine plural of designato

Adjective

designate

1. feminine plural of designato

Anagrams

• disegnate
• sdegniate

Latin

Verb

d?sign?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?

References

• designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette