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Determine| Verb | 1. | determine - after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels" translate - genetics: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA rectify - math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve" redetermine - fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined Planck's constant" sequence - determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome" ascertain, find out, learn, watch, determine, see, check - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" refract - determine the refracting power of (a lens) discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" | | | 2. | determine - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" miscreate - shape or form or make badly; "Our miscreated fantasies" carry weight - have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight" decide - influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election" reshape - shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country" time - set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" index - adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices" pace - regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" | | | 3. | determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" date - assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" value - fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate" filiate - fix the paternity of; "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock" format - determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science) charge - set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" tax, assess - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) price - determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high" | | | 4. | determine - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" name - mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" reset - set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" define - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'" | | | 5. | determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" will - determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended" seal - decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms" purpose, resolve - reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" decree, rule - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed" orientate, orient - determine one's position with reference to another point adjudicate, try, judge - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" govern, regularise, regularize, regulate, order - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" | | | 6. | determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property | | | 7. | determine - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"solve, clear - settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" concert - settle by agreement; "concert one's differences" clinch - settle conclusively; "clinch a deal" | | | 8. | determine - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"ascertain, determine, find out, find - after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance) | |
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