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indeterminate definition
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Grep of noun indeterminate indeterminateness Overview of adj indeterminate The adj indeterminate has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) indeterminate, undetermined -- (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future") 2. indeterminate -- ((botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem") 3. indeterminate -- (of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists") 4. indeterminate -- (not capable of being determined; "an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle") 5. indeterminate -- (not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign") 6. indeterminate, obscure, vague -- (not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke) Antonyms of adj indeterminate 6 senses of indeterminate Sense 1 indeterminate (vs. determinate), undetermined determinate (vs. indeterminate) => fixed Sense 2 indeterminate (vs. determinate) determinate (vs. indeterminate) => cymose Sense 3 indeterminate INDIRECT (VIA equivocal) -> unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous Sense 4 indeterminate INDIRECT (VIA indeterminable) -> determinable Sense 5 indeterminate INDIRECT (VIA inconclusive) -> conclusive Sense 6 indeterminate, obscure, vague INDIRECT (VIA unclear) -> clear Similarity of adj indeterminate 6 senses of indeterminate Sense 1 indeterminate (vs. determinate), undetermined => cost-plus => open-ended Also See-> inconclusive#1; indeterminable#1, undeterminable#1; uncertain#2 Sense 2 indeterminate (vs. determinate) => racemose Sense 3 indeterminate => equivocal (vs. unequivocal), ambiguous Sense 4 indeterminate => indeterminable (vs. determinable), undeterminable Sense 5 indeterminate => inconclusive (vs. conclusive) Sense 6 indeterminate, obscure, vague => unclear (vs. clear) Attributes of adj indeterminate Familiarity of adj indeterminate indeterminate used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj indeterminate indeterminate Overview of adj indeterminate The adj indeterminate has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) indeterminate, undetermined -- (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future") 2. indeterminate -- ((botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem") 3. indeterminate -- (of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists") 4. indeterminate -- (not capable of being determined; "an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle") 5. indeterminate -- (not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign") 6. indeterminate, obscure, vague -- (not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke)
indeterminate definition
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