determining
Figuring something out
Determining is the process of figuring something out or settling a matter: determining the cause of death, determining who gets custody.
It also means being the decisive factor: Weather will be the determining factor in whether we go.
A determining influence shapes outcomes more than other influences do.
Quick to conclude
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- finalLast and decisive
- decidingMaking a choice
settling · conclusory · clinching · pivotal · critical · crucial · key · ultimate
Discovering with certainty
- establishingCreating or setting up
- identifyingDetermining what something is
- discoveringFinding what was hidden
- findingConclusion from investigation
diagnosing · calculating · measuring · assessing · evaluating · verifying · confirming · pinpointing
Having considerable effect
- shapingGiving something its form
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- guidingLeading toward destination
- drivingControlling a vehicle
directing · governing · controlling · conditioning · molding · steering · defining · framing
Fixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- firmSolid or resolute
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
tenacious · adamant · dogged · staunch · committed · unflinching · single-minded · strong-willed
decisive
Quick to conclude
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- finalLast and decisive
deciding · settling · conclusory · clinching · pivotal · critical · crucial · key · ultimate · binding
ascertaining
Discovering with certainty
- establishingCreating or setting up
- identifyingDetermining what something is
- discoveringFinding what was hidden
finding · diagnosing · calculating · measuring · assessing · evaluating · verifying · confirming · pinpointing · deducing
influential
Having considerable effect
- shapingGiving something its form
- formativeInfluencing development or growth
- guidingLeading toward destination
driving · directing · governing · controlling · conditioning · molding · steering · defining · framing · dictating
resolute
Fixed in purpose
- unwaveringSteady and unchanging
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- firmSolid or resolute
persistent · tenacious · adamant · dogged · staunch · committed · unflinching · single-minded · strong-willed · purposeful
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- settlingpaying, agreeing, resolving, concluding, finalizing
determininghesitating
Pausing with doubt
wavering · vacillating · dithering · indecisive · equivocating
determininginconsequential
Lacking significance or impact
irrelevant · immaterial · negligible · insignificant · unimportant
determiningguessing
Estimating without certainty
speculating · assuming · supposing · conjecturing · surmising
- determining factorWhat settles an outcome
- genetic determinismHeredity alone shapes traits
- hard determinismAll events causally predetermined