decide, determine, settle, rule, resolve mean to come or cause to come to a conclusion. decide implies previous consideration of a matter causing doubt, wavering, debate, or controversy.

DETERMINE definition: 1. to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen: 2. to make a strong…. Learn more.

DETERMINE definition: to conclude or ascertain, as after reasoning, observation, etc. See examples of determine used in a sentence.

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Definition of determine verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you determine something, you decide it or settle it. The Baltic people have a right to determine their own future. [VERB noun] The final wording had not yet been determined. [VERB noun] My aim was …

determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined) To set the boundaries or limits of.

If you determine something, you figure it out or settle a question, like when, after checking paws and hands, you determine that it's not the dog that ate your candy stash, but your kid sister.

Thus, the keyboard can determine people's identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it's connected to—regardless of whether someone gets the password right.

to conclude or figure out, such as after thinking over, or observing:[~ + object] I tried to determine the reasons for her actions. to cause, affect, or control:[~ + object] Demand usually determines supply.