Determinate
Determinate adjective - Having been established and usually not subject to change.
Usage example: a determinate order of succession to the throne
Set and determinate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead an adjective "Determinate".
Set
Set adjective - Having been established and usually not subject to change.
Usage example: the library is only open during set hours
Determinate and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Determinate" instead an adjective "Set".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Fae, at least, can't properly determinate because they don't have free will, so they can't set their will to a task (the jury's out on to what extent this applies to gods and/or God).
Source: Determinator / Literature -
As with its Spiritual Predecessor Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, the laugh track is replaced with a set of specific "stand-in" sounds, having one for a determinate situation.
Source: Series / Big Time Rush -
The laugh track is replaced with a set of specific "stand-in" soundsnote (the show was filmed mostly on-location, and by the time it premiered, laugh tracks were in their way out), having one for a determinate situation.
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