1. Precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
   "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals" 
2. Not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
   "determinate growth" 
3. Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
   "a determinate answer to the problem"
   - definitive

See also: conclusive, cymose, determinateness, fixed

Antonym: indeterminate

Encyclopedia: Determinate

• catch fire
• catch it
• catch on
• catch one's breath
• catch out
• catch sight
• catch some Z's
• catch up
• catch up with
• catch-22
• catchall
• catcher
• catcher's mask
• catchfly
• catching
• catchment
• catchment area
• catchment basin
• catchpenny
• catchphrase
• catchweed
• catchword
• catchy
• catclaw
• cate