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