determine

determine: verb

1 discover the facts about sth

ADVERB

▪ exactly, precisely

▪ We need a detailed investigation to determine exactly why these cancers are occurring.

▪ reliably

▪ conclusively, definitively

▪ unambiguously

▪ objectively

VERB + DETERMINE

▪ try to

▪ be used to, help to

▪ Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.

▪ be easy to, be possible to

▪ be difficult to, be impossible to

▪ It is difficult to determine the exact cause of the illness.

▪ be necessary to

▪ be able to

2 make sth happen in a particular way

ADVERB

▪ biologically, culturally, genetically

▪ the debate about whether such attitudes are biologically or culturally determined

▪ ultimately

▪ a decision which would ultimately determine the fate of the project

▪ directly

▪ Reproductive success is directly determined by attractiveness to the female.

▪ largely, mainly, primarily

▪ partly

▪ solely, uniquely

Determine is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑coroner, ↑factor, ↑inspection, ↑researcher

Determine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cause, ↑champion, ↑compensation, ↑composition, ↑concentration, ↑course, ↑degree, ↑density, ↑destiny, ↑diameter, ↑direction, ↑distance, ↑distribution, ↑duration, ↑effect, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑election, ↑extent, ↑fate, ↑feasibility, ↑frequency, ↑future, ↑guilt, ↑height, ↑identity, ↑impact, ↑incidence, ↑influence, ↑latitude, ↑level, ↑likelihood, ↑limit, ↑longitude, ↑magnitude, ↑meaning, ↑merit, ↑nature, ↑number, ↑outcome, ↑percentage, ↑policy, ↑position, ↑preference, ↑priority, ↑probability, ↑quality, ↑radioactivity, ↑rate, ↑ratio, ↑relationship, ↑rent, ↑requirement, ↑risk, ↑role, ↑scale, ↑scope, ↑severity, ↑sex, ↑shape, ↑significance, ↑size, ↑status, ↑success, ↑suitability, ↑threshold, ↑type, ↑usefulness, ↑validity, ↑value, ↑viability, ↑volume, ↑wage, ↑winner, ↑worth

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déterminé — déterminé, ée [ detɛrmine ] adj. et n. m. • XIV e; de déterminer 1 ♦ Qui a été précisé, défini. ⇒ 2. arrêté, certain, 1. précis. « il faut une quantité déterminée de force pour soulever un poids déterminé » (Balzac). Un objectif bien déterminé.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
déterminé — déterminé, ée (dé tèr mi né, née) part. passé. 1° Qui a reçu un caractère précis. Un genre de plantes déterminé par les botanistes. Quantité déterminée. Des idées déterminées. • Les densités des mélanges alcooliques qui servent de base au… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
determine — de‧ter‧mine [dɪˈtɜːmn ǁ ɜːr ] verb [transitive] 1. to find out the facts about something: • Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident. • Experts have determined that the signature was forged. 2. to make an official… … Financial and business terms
Determine — De*ter mine, v. i. 1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. [1913 Webster] Estates may determine on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Determine — De*ter mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Determined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Determining}.] [F. d[ e]terminer, L. determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See {Term}.] 1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
determine — de·ter·mine vt mined, min·ing: to make a determination regarding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. determine I … Law dictionary
determiné — Determiné, [determin]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe. Il est aussi substantif, & se dit, d Un homme hardi, capable de tout. Il ne faut pas le fascher c est un determiné. c est un franc determiné un vray determiné. On dit d un… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
determine — [v1] conclude, decide actuate, arbitrate, call the shots*, cinch, clinch, complete, dispose, drive, end, figure, finish, fix upon, halt, impel, incline, induce, move, nail down*, opt, ordain, persuade, pin down*, predispose, regulate, resolve,… … New thesaurus
determine — [dē tʉr′mən, ditʉr′mən] vt. determined, determining [ME determinen < OFr determiner < L determinare, to bound, limit < de , from + terminare, to set bounds < terminus, an end: see TERM2] 1. to set limits to; bound; define 2. to settle … English World dictionary
determine — mid 14c., to come to an end, also to settle, decide (late 14c.), from O.Fr. determiner (12c.) or directly from L. determinare to enclose, bound, set limits to, from de off (see DE (Cf. de )) + terminare to mark the end or boundary, from terminus… … Etymology dictionary
determine — 1 settle, rule, *decide, resolve Analogous words: fix, *set, establish: dispose, predispose, *incline, bias: drive, impel, *move, actuate: *induce, persuade 2 ascertain, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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