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Determining

adjective

1.

Having the power or quality of deciding. Synonyms: deciding, determinant, determinative. "Cast the deciding vote" , "The determinative (or determinant) battle"

Determine

verb

(past & past part. determined; pres. part. determining)

1.

Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. Synonyms: ascertain, find, find out. "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

2.

Shape or influence; give direction to. Synonyms: influence, mold, regulate, shape. "Mold public opinion"

3.

Fix conclusively or authoritatively. Synonym: set.

4.

Decide upon or fix definitely. Synonyms: define, fix, limit, set, specify. "Specify the parameters"

5.

Reach, make, or come to a decision about something. Synonyms: decide, make up one's mind.

6.

Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of.

7.

Settle conclusively; come to terms. Synonyms: settle, square off, square up.

8.

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. Synonyms: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch. "See whether it works" , "Find out if he speaks Russian" , "Check whether the train leaves on time"

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"Determining" Quotes from Famous Books

... all disputes and differences...between two or more States concerning boundary, jurisdiction, or any other cause whatever." It was also authorized to appoint "courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas" and "for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of capture." But even before the Articles had gone into operation, Congress had, as early as 1779, established a tribunal for such appeals, the old Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Thus at the very outset, and ...

— John Marshall and the Constitution - A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Edward S. Corwin

... proved that each of these forms of energy was convertible into the other; but some discrepancies arose in determining the exact equivalent of each. His subsequent researches, however, clearly demonstrated the true relation between both. Taking as the unit of heat the amount which would be necessary to raise 1 lb. of water 1 deg. of Fahrenheit's scale (now called "the English ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 • Various

... gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age ...

— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... asked a question for a whole week, and Skindeep never knew him more delightful. He not only counted five, but ten, between every word he uttered; and determining that his cure should not be delayed, whenever he had nobody to speak to he continued counting. In a few days this solitary computation brought ...

— The Voyage of Captain Popanilla • Benjamin Disraeli

... of his guns had driven the whole of his opponents in a panic from Chambol; and, determining to take advantage of the confusion, marched with his force against them. Forde at once prepared for the battle. In the centre he placed the English, including the rajah's forty Europeans. Next to these, on either side, he placed his Sepoys, and posted the troops of Anandraz ...

— With Clive in India - Or, The Beginnings of an Empire • G. A. Henty

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