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Determine vs. Decide

Determine and Decide Definitions

Determine

To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation
Determined the easiest way to reach the summit.

Decide

To reach a conclusion or form a judgment or opinion about (something) by reasoning or consideration
Decide what to do.

Determine

To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control
The school board determines educational policy.

Decide

To cause to make or reach a decision
"The presence of so many witnesses decided him at once to flee" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

Determine

To decide or settle (a dispute, for example) conclusively and authoritatively.

Decide

To settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty about
Decide a case.
Decided the dispute in favor of the workers.
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Determine

To cause (someone) to come to a decision or resolution
"It was the discovery ... of this very project of hers, which determined him to come forward at once, own it all to his uncle" (Jane Austen).

Decide

To influence or determine the outcome of
A few votes decided the election.

Determine

To be the cause of; bring about a result regarding
The genes that determine eye color.

Decide

To pronounce a judgment; announce a verdict.

Determine

(Mathematics) To fix or define the position, form, or configuration of.

Decide

To reach a decision; make up one's mind.
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Determine

(Logic) To explain or limit by adding differences.

Decide

(ambitransitive) to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
The election will be decided on foreign policies.
We must decide our next move.
Her last-minute goal decided the game.

Determine

(Archaic) To put an end to legally; terminate under the law.

Decide

(intransitive) to make a judgment, especially after deliberation
You must decide between good and evil.
I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work.

Determine

To reach a decision; resolve
Determined to become a better pilot.
Determined on a course of treatment.

Decide

(transitive) to cause someone to come to a decision
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Determine

(Archaic) To come to an end through legal means.

Decide

(obsolete) to cut off; to separate

Determine

To set the boundaries or limits of.

Decide

To cut off; to separate.
Our seat denies us traffic here;The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.

Determine

To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

Decide

To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.
So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone;Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then.

Determine

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

Decide

To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant.
Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?

Determine

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

Decide

Reach, make, or come to a decision about something;
We finally decided after lengthy deliberations

Determine

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.
The court has determined the cause.

Decide

Bring to an end; settle conclusively;
The case was decided
The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance

Determine

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
I determined to go home at once.

Decide

Cause to decide;
This new development finally decided me!

Determine

(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Decide

Influence or determine;
The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election

Determine

To bring to an end; to finish.

Determine

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
[God] hath determined the times before appointed.

Determine

To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.
Now, where is he that will not stay so longTill his friend sickness hath determined me?

Determine

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.
Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life.

Determine

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; - with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.

Determine

To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

Determine

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.

Determine

To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.

Determine

To define or limit by adding a differentia.

Determine

To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

Determine

To come to an end; to end; to terminate.
He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together.
Estates may determine on future contingencies.

Determine

To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; - often with on.
He shall pay as the judges determine.

Determine

After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;
Find the product of two numbers
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

Determine

Shape or influence; give direction to;
Experience often determines ability
Mold public opinion

Determine

Fix conclusively or authoritatively;
Set the rules

Determine

Decide upon or fix definitely;
Fix the variables
Specify the parameters

Determine

Reach, make, or come to a decision about something;
We finally decided after lengthy deliberations

Determine

Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

Determine

Settle conclusively; come to terms;
We finally settled the argument

Determine

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;
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

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