单词 | co-determine |
释义 | co-determinev. 1. transitive. Of two or more things (esp. factors, processes, etc.): to cause or bring about (something) jointly, to shape or influence (something) jointly. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > determine > overdetermine or co-determine co-determine1849 overdetermine1862 1849 Bibliotheca Sacra & Theol. Rev. May 257 Sin is so interwoven with our nature from the beginning of our earthly life, as to co-determine the form of its development. 1878 Mind 3 554 Our actual beholding of a world in Euclidean space ought to depend on something in the impressions that codetermine our consciousness from without. 1907 W. James Pragmatism vi. 226 These factors co-determining each other incessantly. 1959 Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 34 The OE ‘diacritical e’ was always closely preceded by the letter whose phonematic equivalent it helped to co-determine. 2019 G. Roth Educated Underclass i. 18 Money also facilitates other essential processes that co-determine educational outcomes, rather than serving as the sole or primary factor. 2. transitive. Of two or more people or groups (esp. management and workers): to formulate (policy, decisions, etc.) jointly or in cooperation. ΚΠ 1950 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. (Late City ed.) 12/4 The works council law gives the workers in a plant the right to ‘codetermine’ or act jointly with their employers in the basic economic policies of the plant. 1988 R. D. Winfield Reason & Justice iv. 282 The just state requires a body politic where citizens codetermine an order of self-government that is the very framework by which they exercise their agency as free citizens. 2003 Franchise Mag. New Year Issue 19/2 (advt.) Thanks to the Stakeholder Board which means Jani-King franchisees co-determine the company's future, new applicants are only recruited if they speak with existing franchisees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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