determine
Usage
What are other ways to say determine?
To determine is to arrive at a conclusion after reasoning or observation: He determined that there was no available path to victory. To resolve is to show firmness of purpose: He resolved to ask for a promotion. To decide is to make up one's mind as to what shall be done and the way to do it: He decided to go today.
Example Sentences
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In a statement to BBC News NI, the Department of Health said officials are now working to "determine if this can be rolled out in Northern Ireland".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Marcus Theory, as it came to be known, provides a mathematical way to determine how fast or slow, or in what direction, electrons jump between molecules without breaking chemical bonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Here’s a guide to determine which is best for you and which questions to ask along the way to secure the best rate and lowest overall mortgage costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Coming data are likely to determine where rates go from here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
When Rondon arrived, he ordered Kermit to wait there while he and Lyra scouted from the river’s shoreline to determine if the rapids were passable or if a portage would need to be built.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Other sensitive topics are what role it determines carbon capture technology can play in businesses or whether they can acquire carbon credits from programmes outside the EU that would be counted towards their emissions reductions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As so often in Hitchcock’s work, the choice of milieus determines the suspense and the moral significance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They also quoted the financial expert Martin Lewis, who has highlighted that what students earn rather than what they borrow determines what they pay back each year.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But the AI-powered detection and targeting layer is what determines whether it actually works.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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The three tax authorities essentially determined how to identify how much of the money counted as U.S.-sourced income and how much counted as Mexican- and Canadian-sourced income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead, he seemed a good, flustered company man anxiously determined to be normal—like Dick Van Dyke, perhaps, or Bob Newhart—while remaining very funny indeed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Using Leah Mascia's reading of the text, Professor Adiego determined that the fragment comes from the "Catalogue of Ships" in Book II of Homer's Iliad.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Terrified of the world, but determined to better understand what she’s been excluded from for so long, she’s determined to imagine her way into reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Grandpa chuckled and said, “Would you look at that? He knows that we’re going somewhere and he’s bound and determined to go with us.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Barrett described many versions of these reforms as “complex,” “tricky,” and filled with “awkwardness” in determining how to create an office that would respect the court’s rule as both independent and constitutionally supreme.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
One project uses AI analysis of anonymised mobile phone data to spot mass-population movements during disasters, determining where people are fleeing, to help humanitarians better tailor their response.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
A standardized test score “shouldn’t be a sole factor” in determining access to UC, Napolitano said, but a renewed look at admissions could conclude it should be “a factor.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
This energy release, often called heating, plays an important role in determining how matter is expelled during stellar explosions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
“If classroom behavior were a determining factor for making the team, Connor, you might be in trouble,” Mr. Dimming says.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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