Redetermined

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Decided or fixed again after reconsideration or change
2. Chosen or established once more following a prior decision
3. Set or determined anew based on further evaluation or revision

Etymology: "Redetermined" is the past tense and past participle of "redetermine," which combines the prefix "re-" (meaning again) with "determine." The prefix comes from Latin, where "re-" carried the same sense of repetition or backward movement, and it reached English by way of Old French and Middle English. "Determine" has a longer pedigree, rooted in the Latin "determinare," meaning to set a boundary or limit, from "de-" (off, down) and "terminus" (end, boundary). That boundary sense is the key to the verb's meaning. To determine something was originally to mark its limits, and from there it came to mean to settle or fix a matter. "Redetermine" therefore describes a boundary or decision being drawn anew: something once fixed is set again after it has been reconsidered or altered.

Synonyms: reestablished, reset, redefined, redecided, recomputed

Antonyms: abandoned, discontinued, disregarded, ignored, neglected