determine
Settle the question
Determine means to settle or establish something conclusively.
You determine the cause of a problem, determine someone's eligibility, or determine the best course of action.
The word often implies reaching a decision after investigation or deliberation: We need to determine whether the bridge is safe.
Determine also means to be the deciding factor: Your genes determine your eye color.
A determined person has firm resolve—their mind is settled on a goal.
Reveal what's hidden
- detectNotice or discover
- discernPerceive with careful attention
- findLocate through effort
- identifyEstablish who or what
recognize · perceive · ascertain · establish · reveal · expose · diagnose · pinpoint
Determine by calculation
- quantifyExpress numerically
- measureUnit of quantity
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
assess · ascertain · figure out · work out · reckon · gauge · calibrate · deduce
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- verdictOfficial court decision
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
selection · will · commitment · resolve · intent · settle · finalize · opt
External outline of something
- affectProduce change upon
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- governExercise political control
- controlAuthority to direct
dictate · direct · regulate · condition · mold · drive · steer · guide
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- foreordainFix fate in advance
preordain · inevitability · karma · fortune · doom · lot · sealed · fixed
Conclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- findingConclusion from investigation
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
judgment · assessment · ruling · diagnosis · prognosis · interpretation · analysis · evaluation
uncover
Reveal what's hidden
identify · recognize · perceive · ascertain · establish · reveal · expose · diagnose · pinpoint · verify
compute
Determine by calculation
estimate · assess · ascertain · figure out · work out · reckon · gauge · calibrate · deduce · derive
choice
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- verdictOfficial court decision
deliberation · selection · will · commitment · resolve · intent · settle · finalize · opt · elect
shape
External outline of something
control · dictate · direct · regulate · condition · mold · drive · steer · guide · sway
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
foreordain · preordain · inevitability · karma · fortune · doom · lot · sealed · fixed · written
inference
Conclusion reached through reasoning
result · judgment · assessment · ruling · diagnosis · prognosis · interpretation · analysis · evaluation · appraisal
- settle meaningsagree, compromise, reconcile, negotiate, decide
- formal verbsrequest, inquire, require, submit, proceed
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- detectiondetect, discover, find, identify, locate
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
determineguess
Estimate without certainty
overlook · miss · assume · speculate · conjecture
determineunsettle
Cause unease or anxiety
leave to chance · destabilize · randomize · unfix · extend
- bound and determined
- determining factorWhat settles an outcome
- genetic determinismHeredity alone shapes traits
- social determinantsNon-medical health influences
- stay determinedRemain firmly committed
- hard determinismAll events causally predetermined
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