| determine | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. ascertain, determine, find, find out | establish 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 | 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). |
| ~ count, numerate, enumerate, number | determine the number or amount of.; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape | 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" |
| ~ disincline, indispose | make unwilling. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ predetermine | determine beforehand. |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. determine, set | 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" |
| ~ initialise, initialize | assign an initial value to a computer program. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (communication) | 4. define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify | decide upon or fix definitely.; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" |
| ~ quantify | use as a quantifier. |
| ~ 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'" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. decide, determine, make up one's mind | 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 firstborn males should be killed" |
| ~ deliberate, debate | discuss the pros and cons of an issue. |
| ~ orientate, orient | determine one's position with reference to another point.; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. determine | fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.; "the tree determines the border of the property" |
| ~ narrow down, pin down, nail down, narrow, peg down, specify | define clearly.; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" |
| ~ define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify | determine the essential quality of. |
| v. (communication) | 7. determine, settle, square off, square up | 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" |
| ~ resolve, conclude | reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. |
| ~ compromise | settle by concession. |
| v. (communication) | 8. ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch | 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" |
| ~ insure, see to it, ascertain, ensure, check, assure, control, see | be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" |
| ~ ascertain, determine, find out, find | establish 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). |
Recent comments
3 weeks 4 days ago
5 weeks 2 hours ago
20 weeks 2 days ago
20 weeks 2 days ago
20 weeks 2 days ago
20 weeks 6 days ago
25 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 8 hours ago
26 weeks 5 days ago
26 weeks 6 days ago