determine

1. 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
   same as: ascertain, find, find out
   verb group:

   • ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch - find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
   • discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding
2. Shape or influence;
   Give direction to (synset 200702806)
   "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
   is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   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
   same as: influence, mold, regulate, shape
3. 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
   same as: set
4. 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 alternatives
   subtypes:

   • quantify - use as a quantifier
   • name - mention and identify by name
   • reset - set anew
   • define - give a definition for the meaning of a word
   same as: define, fix, limit, set, specify
5. 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 issue
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: decide, make up one's mind
6. Fix in scope;
   Fix the boundaries of (synset 200702474)
   "the tree determines the border of the property"
   is a type of: define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of
   subtypes: nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify - define clearly
7. Settle conclusively;
   Come to terms (synset 200765444)
   "We finally settled the argument"
   is a type of: conclude, resolve - reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation
   subtypes:

   • clear, solve - settle, as of a debt
   • concert - settle by agreement
   • clinch - settle conclusively
   • compromise - settle by concession
   same as: settle, square off, square up
8. 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)
   same as: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch
   verb group:

   • ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
   • ascertain, determine, find, find out - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

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