verb
- Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
- usage: "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
- Shape or influence; give direction to.
- usage: "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
- Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
- usage: "set the rules"
- Decide upon or fix definitely.
- usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
- usage: "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
- synonyms: decide, make up one's mind, determine
- Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.
- usage: "the tree determines the border of the property"
- synonyms: determine
- Settle conclusively; come to terms.
- usage: "We finally settled the argument"
- synonyms: settle, square off, square up, determine
- Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
- usage: "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"
adjective
- Having the power or quality of deciding.
- usage: "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
- synonyms: deciding, determinant, determinative