Määrätä

Translations

1. (transitive) to order, command, instruct, tell [with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’] (order someone to do something)

   kunnes toisin määrätään ― until further notice

   Määrään sinut leikkaamaan pensasaidan.

   I order you to trim the hedge.

2. (transitive) to (fore)ordain, decree, decide

   Johto on määrännyt, että tästälähin työaika alkaa kuudelta.

   The management has decided that from now on the working time starts at six.

3. (transitive) to assign, ordain (as + translative) (to a position)

   Hänet määrättin yhtiön puheenjohtajaksi.

   He was assigned as the chairman of the company.

4. (transitive) to specify, determine, set, fix

   määrätä arvo ― to appraise (literally, “to determine the value (of)”)

   määrätä pidettäväksi ― to schedule (a meeting) (literally, “to set to be held”)

5. (transitive, law) to levy, assess (taxes); to impose, inflict (a fine) [with allative ‘on’]

   Verottaja määräsi minulle tuhannen euron jälkiveron.

   The taxman levied a thousand euro additional tax on me.

   Poliisi määräsi hurjastelijalle ison sakon.

   The police imposed a large fine on the speeder.

6. (transitive) to appoint, assign into a public office [with illative ‘to/into’]

   Presidentti määräsi hänet oikeusasiamiehen virkaan.

   The president appointed him to the office of ombudsman.

7. (transitive) to prescribe, order [with allative ‘for’] (a medication)

   Lääkäri määräsi minulle antibiootteja.

   The doctor prescribed antibiotics for me.

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".