determine
1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (Freq. 107)
- find the product of two numbers
- The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
• Syn:
find, find out, ascertain
• Derivationally related forms:
ascertainable (for: ascertain), find (for: find), finding (for: find), determination
• Hyponyms:
gauge, translate, rectify, redetermine, sequence,
refract, count, number, enumerate, numerate, admeasure,
situate, locate
• Verb Group:
check, find out, see, ascertain, watch,
learn, discover, find
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
2. shape or influence;
give direction to (Freq. 21)
- experience often determines ability
- mold public opinion
• Syn:
shape, mold, influence, regulate
• Derivationally related forms:
regulation (for: regulate), influence (for: influence), shape (for: shape), shaping (for: shape), determinant
• Hypernyms:
cause, do, make
• Hyponyms:
dispose, incline, indispose, disincline, miscreate,
miscreate, decide, reshape, time, index,
pace, predetermine
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
3. fix conclusively or authoritatively (Freq. 18)
- set the rules
• Syn:
set
• Derivationally related forms:
set (for: set), determination
• Hyponyms:
identify, place, date, value, filiate,
filiate, charge, initialize, initialise, tax,
assess, price
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to somebody
4. decide upon or fix definitely (Freq. 11)
- fix the variables
- specify the parameters
• Syn:
specify, set, define, fix, limit
• Derivationally related forms:
limit (for: limit), determinant, determiner, set (for: set)
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Hyponyms:
quantify, name, reset, define
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. reach, make, or come to a decision about something (Freq. 9)
- We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
• Syn:
decide, make up one's mind
• Derivationally related forms:
determinant, determination, decisive (for: decide), decision (for: decide), deciding (for: decide)
• Hyponyms:
measure, mensurate, measure out, choose, take,
select, pick out, will, seal, purpose, resolve,
rule, decree, orient, orientate, judge, adjudicate,
try, regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
• Entailment:
debate, deliberate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s (for: make up one's mind)
- Somebody ----s (for: decide)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: decide)
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE (for: decide)
- They determine to move
6. fix in scope;
fix the boundaries of (Freq. 7)
- the tree determines the border of the property
• Derivationally related forms:
determination
• Hypernyms:
specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
• Hyponyms:
pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
7. settle conclusively;
come to terms (Freq. 1)
- We finally settled the argument
• Syn:
settle, square off, square up
• Derivationally related forms:
determiner, determination, settlement (for: settle)
• Hypernyms:
conclude, resolve
• Hyponyms:
clear, solve, concert, clinch, compromise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. 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
• Syn:
check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
• Derivationally related forms:
ascertainable (for: ascertain), check (for: check), determination
• Hyponyms:
test
• Verb Group:
see, check, insure, see to it, ensure,
control, ascertain, assure, find, find out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- They determine whether there was a traffic accident
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