to determine
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2.3
- verb
- /dɪˈtɜːrmɪn/
:
determinar
- Without water consumption data, it is impossible to accurately determine the resources available for use.
- difficult to determine
- need to determine
- attempt to determine
So now how do you determine what is actually yours?
- So now how do you determine what is actually yours?
- Like how can one determine the current state of affairs?
- So he says, well, how do we determine what its essence is then?
- Are we smart enough to determine whether such a thing exists or not?
- But you listen and you try to determine, is this person going to fit?
- And so how do you determine what's true and what's not true?
- So we need to determine where.
Examples
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The police will investigate to determine the cause of the accident.
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So now how do you determine what is actually yours?
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So now we need to determine what is the center.
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Were you asked to determine the reason for these?
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Like how can one determine the current state of affairs?
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That could not be determined by my studies.
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Questions eight and nine were meant to determine the level of fashion interest of the respondents.
Academic text (2011) -
Standard procedure is to try a course of action, monitor results, and determine if a change of medication is needed.
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Educators must collect and analyze data to determine the specific areas to be addressed.
Academic text (2011) -
We must send a small team to Fort Pulaski to determine exactly what happened to Operation Big Shanty.
Synonyms
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1.0
To discover something while looking or by accident
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1.9
To decide a rule, value or deadline
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2.1
To learn something you did not know, often by searching or asking
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2.2
To think about something and find an answer or understand it
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1.0
To find out about something for the first time, often by chance
878
1.0
To say exactly what something is or what it means
417
1.1
To make something end in a certain way
331
1.6
To decide a date or plan
319
4.1
To show something is true using evidence
210
2.8
To work out an amount using maths or a calculator
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5.7
To find out for sure by checking the facts
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4.6
Figure out something from facts or evidence
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2.7
To think of a way to solve a problem
16
2.4
Found after careful study or testing
Known to be true after careful checking
Found by study or careful observation
Antonyms
How Certain
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3.1
- Formal
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4.1
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2.3
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2.1
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2.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Determine comes from the Latin terminus, meaning 'boundary' or 'end', and relates to English words like term and terminal. So, to determine a fact or number is to 'find and fix' the exact point, discovering the exact limit or value.