determine
Verb
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Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (synset 200920843)
"find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"subtypes:
- gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
- translate - determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- rectify - math: determine the length of
- redetermine - fix, find, or establish again
- sequence - determine the order of constituents in
- refract - determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- count, enumerate, number, numerate - determine the number or amount of
- admeasure - determine the quantity of someone's share
- locate, situate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
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Shape or influence;
Give direction to (synset 200702806)"experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"subtypes:- dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
- disincline, indispose - make unwilling
- miscreate - shape or form or make badly
- carry weight - have influence to a specified degree
- decide - influence or determine
- reshape - shape anew or differently
- time - set the speed, duration, or execution of
- index - adjust through indexation
- pace - regulate or set the pace of
- predetermine - determine beforehand
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Fix conclusively or authoritatively (synset 200701581)
"set the rules"subtypes:
- identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- date - assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of
- value - fix or determine the value of; assign a value to
- filiate - fix the paternity of
- format - determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
- charge - set or ask for a certain price
- initialise, initialize - assign an initial value to a computer program
- assess, tax - set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
- price - determine the price of
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Decide upon or fix definitely (synset 200949109)
"fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"is a type of: choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativessubtypes:
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Reach, make, or come to a decision about something (synset 200699355)
"We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"entail: debate, deliberate - discuss the pros and cons of an issuesubtypes:
- measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
- choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- will - determine by choice
- seal - decide irrevocably
- purpose, resolve - reach a decision
- decree, rule - decide with authority
- orient, orientate - determine one's position with reference to another point
- adjudicate, judge, try - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
- govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
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Fix in scope;
Fix the boundaries of (synset 200702474)"the tree determines the border of the property" -
Settle conclusively;
Come to terms (synset 200765444)"We finally settled the argument"subtypes:- clear, solve - settle, as of a debt
- concert - settle by agreement
- clinch - settle conclusively
- compromise - settle by concession
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Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort (synset 200922307)
"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"subtypes: test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
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