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determina
to cause (someone or something to do X) /de.ter.miˈna/
verb#2619 most common
Also: to determine (establish a fact or value), to induce, to bring about
Example sentences
Ploaia m-a determinat să iau umbrela.
The rain made me take the umbrella.
Profesorul l-a determinat pe elev să învețe mai mult.
The teacher got the student to study more.
Criza economică a determinat multe companii să reducă personalul.
The economic crisis caused many companies to cut staff.
Ce anume determină comportamentul copiilor în această situație?
What exactly determines children's behavior in this situation?
Factorii genetici pot determina predispoziția unei persoane la anumite boli.
Genetic factors can determine a person's predisposition to certain diseases.
Analiza detaliată a datelor a determinat cercetătorii să își revizuiască ipoteza inițială.
The detailed analysis of the data led the researchers to revise their initial hypothesis.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | determin | determinai | voi determina |
| 2sg | determini | determinași | vei determina |
| 3sg | determină | determină | va determina |
| 1pl | determinăm | determinarăm | vom determina |
| 2pl | determinați | determinarăți | veți determina |
| 3pl | determină | determinară | vor determina |
Word family
determinarethe act of determining or causing
determinatdetermined, specific, fixed
determinantdeterminant, decisive factor
determinismdeterminism (philosophy)
nedeterminatundetermined, indefinite
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "determina" from French "déterminer", reinforced by the Latin source "determinare", during the 19th-century modernization of Romanian vocabulary. The Latin verb breaks down into "de-" plus "terminare", from "terminus", meaning a boundary marker or limit. So the original sense was to set or fix a boundary, which shifted to fixing an outcome or cause.
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