Redetermining

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Performing the act of assessing or deciding something once more to reach a new conclusion
2. Engaging in the process of reviewing or making a decision again based on updated information or reconsideration
3. Carrying out the process of evaluating or establishing a decision a second time to ensure accuracy or correctness

Etymology: "Redetermining" is the present participle of "redetermine," which combines the prefix "re-", meaning again, with "determine." The verb "determine" comes from Latin "determinare," meaning to bound or set limits to, built from "de-" (down or off) and "terminus" (end, boundary). Its original sense was therefore about marking an edge, and only later did it come to mean fixing or settling a matter. Adding "re-" yields the sense of settling or fixing something a second time. The prefix "re-" has a long pedigree of its own, traced to the Latin "re-," which came into English through Old French. English then attached it freely to existing verbs, so "redetermine" and its participle are straightforward formations rather than a separate inheritance.