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determineverb to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)a three-member panel will determine the case adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, judge, referee, rule (on), settle, umpire consider, deem, deliberate, hear, ponder, weighsize upmediate, moderate, negotiateprosecute, tryfind (for or against)conclude, resolveredetermine, rejudge equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt to come to a judgment about after discussion or considerationtrying to determine which direction we were facing choose, conclude, decide, figure, name, opt, resolve, settle (on or upon) decree, rulecull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out)adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpirechew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn downdelay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporizeshilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver to come upon after searching, study, or effortwe failed to determine the answer to the riddle ascertain, descry, detect, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), hunt (down or up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn up espy, sight, spotlook for, search (for or out), seek miss, overlook, pass over lose, mislay, misplace, misset to come to an endyour participation in the savings plan determines with the termination of your employment here break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract to make final, definite, or beyond disputeyour choice of college could determine the rest of your life clinch, decide, nail, settle demonstrate, establish, nail (down), prove, showaffirm, assure, ensure, insure, securedefine, specify, state, stipulateclarify, clear (up), illuminateconclude, end, finish confuse, muddle, muddy, unsettle decide, determine, settle, rule, resolve mean to come or cause to come to a conclusion.decide implies previous consideration of a matter causing doubt, wavering, debate, or controversy.she decided to sell her house determine implies fixing the identity, character, scope, or direction of something.determined the cause of the problem settle implies a decision reached by someone with power to end all dispute or uncertainty.the dean's decision settled the campus alcohol policy rule implies a determination by judicial or administrative authority.the judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible resolve implies an expressed or clear decision or determination to do or refrain from doing something.he resolved to quit smoking in the 14th century |