Synonyms for determine
verb
To define
limit, circumscribe, delimit; see define 1, restrict 2.
To find out the facts
ascertain, find out, learn; see discover, learn 2.
To decide the course of affairs
devise, invent, plot, fix; see arrange 2, command 2, manage 1, plan 1, prepare 1.
To resolve
decide, fix upon, settle, conclude; see decide, resolve 1. See syn. study at decide, learn.
See determine in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law:
adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, decree, judge, referee, rule, umpire. See decide, lawTo obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study:
ascertain, discover, find (out), hear, learn. See teachTo make up or cause to make up one's mind:
conclude, decide, resolve, settle. See decideTo fix the limits of:
bound2, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, limit, mark (off or out), measure. See limited
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