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determine - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
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shape,
mold,
influence,
regulate |
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cause,
do,
make give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
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dispose,
incline make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
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disincline,
indispose cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
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miscreate shape or form or make badly; "Our miscreated fantasies"
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carry weight have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"
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decide reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
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reshape shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"
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time adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"
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index adjust through indexation; "The government indexes wages and prices"
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pace measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
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predetermine determine beforehand
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determine - 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" |
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find,
ascertain |
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ascertain,
find out,
learn,
watch,
determine,
see,
check learn or discover with certainty
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discover,
find make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
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gauge mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
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translate change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"
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rectify convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
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redetermine fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined Planck's constant"
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sequence arrange in a sequence
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refract determine the refracting power of (a lens)
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enumerate,
numerate,
number,
count specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
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admeasure determine the quantity of someone's share
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situate,
locate put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
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determine - fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" |
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set |
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identify,
place consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
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date assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"
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value fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"
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filiate fix the paternity of; "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock"
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format divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
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charge saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
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initialise,
initialize assign an initial value to a computer program
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assess,
tax estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
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price ascertain or learn the price of; "Have you priced personal computers lately?"
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determine - 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" |
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check,
see,
ascertain,
watch,
learn |
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test undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
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determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" |
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delimitate,
delimit,
define,
delineate,
specify give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
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narrow down,
peg down,
nail down,
pin down,
narrow,
specify succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
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