Determine
Meanings and phrases
determine
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; find; find out; ascertain
- shape or influence; give direction to; shape; mold; influence; regulate
- fix conclusively or authoritatively; set
- decide upon or fix definitely; specify; set; define; fix; limit
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something; decide; make up one's mind
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- settle conclusively; come to terms; settle; square off; square up
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; check; find out; see; ascertain; watch; learn
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- Later follow-ups determine whether they might receive more aid.
- This means to determine whether the input program computes a "total" function.
- The policymakers must determine whether the policy is justified by the evidence.
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- they are used to determine Singles Chart positions).
- Dice are usually used to determine the outcome of events.
- Only the phone is used to determine distance, not the APs.
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- that determine how notes should be drawn.
- Seed size: The size of the seed can determine how filling it will be.
- The test can determine how much the students understand basic chemistry.
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- Enzymes determine what steps occur in these pathways.
- There it is used to determine what actions the organism is to take.
- The history is important, but you can't let that determine what you do."
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- in order to determine if an address is associated with the credit card.
- This matters in order to determine how culpable someone is for his actions.
- A study which examines rock lichen in order to determine glacial retreat was begun in 1996.
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- The end of the guardianship is difficult to determine.
- The exact roots of the script are difficult to determine.
- However, it's difficult to determine the book's audience.
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- There would be a third-party group of judges to determine the winner.
- If the game is still a draw, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.
- The system used to determine the winner of the cup has a rather tangled history.
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- There is currently no tournament to determine a national high school champion.
- The fight was part of a tournament to determine the new UFC Lightweight Champion.
- The winners qualified to a tournament to determine the only team promoted to 1946–47 Serie B.
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- Authorities were not able to determine a motive.
- Police were not able to determine why the woman was driving the wrong way.
- This method is only able to determine the radius of the planet, not its mass.
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- The match between the top finishers in the Third Stage will determine the national champion; the other will determine who finished third and fourth.
- At the Division I FCS level, the teams participate in a 24-team playoff (most recently expanded from 20 teams in 2013) to determine the national championship.
- The College Football Playoff replaced the Bowl Championship Series, which had been used as the selection method to determine the national championship game participants since in the 1998 season.
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- Fipke uses custom software to help determine the difference.
- Testing for resistance during an outbreak can help determine appropriate future choices.
- It is used to help determine the lifestyle and practices of people living in biblical times.
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- An autopsy could not determine a direct cause of death.
- Furthermore, a man's legal status did not determine his economic position or occupation.
- The results of such studies demonstrate that one's sex does not determine preference for sadism.
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- A competition is held to determine who deserves the armor.
- A competition was held to determine who would design the facilities.
- In 1967, a second plebiscite was held to determine the fate of the territory.
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- determine the number of donated electrons (1, 3, 5, etc.).
- It is difficult to determine the number of Jews who survived the German occupation, hiding among Poles.
- Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright.
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- It was not possible to determine whether this also causes a student to be treated less well.
- It is not in general possible to determine whether two such expressions are equal (the constant problem).
- Nilson also studied the gas density of metals which made it possible to determine the valence of various metals.
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- Such properties can be used to determine the best rules to use under given circumstances.
- The attending, medical student and patient collaborate to determine the best course of action.
- Then the judges do a second round of voting to determine the best 2 contestants among the 4 losers.
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- In 1,350 cases it had been impossible to determine the background.
- As such, it is impossible to determine a composition of units inside Cassinga.
- As he did not collect specimens, it is impossible to determine what species he saw.
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- Using the BEFORE and AFTER options determine when the trigger is called.
- Investigators were not able to determine when Kotz and Markopolos became friends.
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- The investigation was unable to determine the cause of the thrust reduction."
- If the referee is unable to determine which fencer has right of way, no touch is awarded.
- A military inquiry was established but was unable to determine the identity of those involved.
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- Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.
- As nanotechnology advances, many studies have been conducted to determine the effects nanoengineered materials can have on the environment.
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- The final matches will determine the final standings.
- To determine the final eight, sixteen men duked it out.
- No ordinal rankings are used to determine the final results.
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- They also played an extra match to determine the team to face relegation.
- In case of a draw, the younger wrestlers would face each other in a singles match to determine the winner.
- After Richter left the company, she wrestled Candi Devine in a match to determine the new champion on December 6, 1989, which Devine won.
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- A post-mortem failed to determine the cause of death.
- The investigation was unable to determine the cause of the thrust reduction."
- If the fever disappears off treatment, then the drugs need to be tested individually to determine the cause.
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- Context is needed to determine the usage.
- They needed to determine in which portion the city of Cuzco was located.
- Again, a more detailed study is needed to determine the potential benefits of white-eye pollination.
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- Immunofluorescent imaging is a way to determine red–green color coding.
- They can thus be used as an alternative way to determine the mass of candidate black holes.
- There is no way to determine the cash value of an asset in the assignment process, regardless of past estimates.
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- Due to the fire, time, and natural deterioration, it is difficult to determine the exact location.
- However, it was difficult to determine the exact molecular weight and number of amino acids in a protein.
- It is impossible to determine the exact number of victims of executions carried out in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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- A public poll is held among listeners to determine the winners.
- The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 4.
- The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 3.
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- The winners of each advance to the finals to determine the champion, who wins a $1,000,000 grand prize.
- It was the 101st Memorial Cup championship which determine the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).
- Prior to the introduction of automatic playoffs, tie-breaker games were only used to when needed to determine the champion.
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- Studies were being conducted to determine sensible technologies this size and scope.
- Studies have also been conducted to determine the success rate of this method of motivation.
- At least two peer-reviewed studies have been conducted to determine the effectiveness of taking the Pro-Truth Pledge.
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- Whether that was the artist's intention, as for subsequent gardens, is hard to determine.
- The lack of proper natural history makes it hard to determine population density and size.
- Bottlenose dolphins live in captivity across the world, though exact numbers are hard to determine.
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- Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.
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- unidirectional or plain weave) can determine the extent of the anisotropy of the bulk material.
- The DNC contacted city officials in Chicago to determine the extent of Republican inroads into the urban neighborhoods.
- The use of hydronyms is generally accepted to determine the extent of a culture's influence, but "not" the date of such influence.
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- The test can determine how much the students understand basic chemistry.
- The player rolled virtual dice to determine how much a character moves across the board.
- A writer's personality, Mailer observes, can determine how much attention readers give his work.
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- Further observations will be necessary to determine if the orbit is hyperbolic.
- The study reported more information would be necessary to determine the outcome.
- After each split, a test is necessary to determine whether each new region needs further splitting.
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- They also played an extra match to determine the team to face relegation.
- The third placed teams in Groups B and C play off to determine the team that completes the quarter final lineup.
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- Correctly diagnosing respiratory compromise requires a screening to determine the amount of gas in the patient's bloodstream.
- The first player rolls dice of three colors to determine the amount of food, parasites and shelters that will be available in the next phase.
- Rainfall patterns and seasonal temperatures influence photosynthesis and thereby determine the amount of water and energy available to the ecosystem.
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- However, further studies are required to determine the clinical usefulness of these and other interventions in prenatal TMD.
- It is very similar to "Cyrtostylis oblonga" and more investigation is required to determine if they are distinct from each other.
- In a common law jurisdiction several stages of research and analysis are required to determine "what the law is" in a given situation.
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- If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
- The final four remaining teams determine the rankings for bronze, silver, and gold medals, in knock-out matches that are termed the BBL-TOP4.
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- Investigators are still trying to determine the type of bombs that were used in the first attack.
- While trying to determine who stole Lisa's Malibu Stacy car, Homer holds Bart as his prime suspect.
- Police were trying to determine the identity of a vehicle that had been spotted driving away from the site of the explosion.
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- Because of the transfer, MDOT initiated a speed study to determine what speed limits should apply on the extension.
- He hired fire insurance expert, engineer John Ripley Freeman to conduct a study to determine the various causes of the fire.
- GO Transit undertook a study to determine whether to use the tracks of Canadian Pacific Railway or Canadian National Railway.
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- Courts use a subordination test to determine whether someone is an employee or is self-employed.
- Soils are tested with an oedometer test to determine their compression index and coefficient of consolidation.
- The test to determine the legal capacity of a child will depend on the particular circumstances of the case and the law concerned.
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- Ecosystem ecologist attempt to determine the underlying causes of these fluxes.
- The experimenter adjusts factors and measures responses in an attempt to determine an effect.
- It is more properly thought of as an approximation rather than as a serious attempt to determine a precise number.
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- Washington did not need any calculations to determine the location of Jones Point.
- Using his years of training to determine the location of the jump, Laurin concluded that D.B.
- The spotting crew determine the location of a smoke sighting by taking a bearing and then calculating distance using topographic maps.