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Determine vs. Deem

Determine and Deem Definitions

Determine

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

Deem

To regard as; consider
Deemed the results unsatisfactory. See Usage Note at as1.

Determine

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

Deem

To suppose or believe
"making little improvements which she deemed that he would value when she was gone" (Thomas Hardy).

Determine

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

Deem

To have an opinion; think.
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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).

Deem

To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.

Determine

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

Deem

To adjudge, to decree.

Determine

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

Deem

To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
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Determine

(Logic) To explain or limit by adding differences.

Deem

(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
She deemed his efforts insufficient.

Determine

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

Deem

(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.

Determine

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

Deem

An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
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Determine

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

Deem

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.
Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.

Determine

To set the boundaries or limits of.

Deem

To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
For never can I deem him less him less than god.

Determine

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

Deem

To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
And deemest thou as those who pore,With aged eyes, short way before?

Determine

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

Deem

To pass judgment.

Determine

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

Deem

Opinion; judgment.

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.

Deem

Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view;
Take for granted
View as important
Hold these truths to be self-evident
I hold him personally responsible

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.

Determine

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

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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