determine
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(verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" |
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Synonyms: set |
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Related Words: assess, charge, date, detect, format, identify, initialize, place, price, tax, value |
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(verb) fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property |
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Related Words: define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify, specify |
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(verb) shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability" |
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Synonyms: influence, regulate, shape |
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Related Words: cause, decide, do, index, make, pace, predetermine, reshape, time |
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(verb) after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" |
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Synonyms: ascertain, find, find out |
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Related Words: admeasure, count, enumerate, locate, number, refract, situate |
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(verb) find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will react" |
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Synonyms: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch |
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Related Words: test |
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(verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" |
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Synonyms: decide, make up one's mind |
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Related Words: adjudicate, choose, decree, govern, judge, measure, measure out, order, orient, orientate, pick out, purpose, regularize, regulate, resolve, rule, seal, select, take, try, will |
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(verb) decide upon, as of variables in math |
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Synonyms: fix, set, specify |
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Related Words: choose, define, name, pick out, quantify, reset, select, take |
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(verb) settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" |
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Synonyms: settle, square off, square up |
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Related Words: arbitrate, clear, compromise, concert, conclude, mediate, resolve |
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