determine
US /dəˈtɝmən/
Definition
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
We need more data to determine the cause of the delay.
Word Family
Synonyms
- ascertainestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- decidereach, make, or come to a decision about something
Collocations
- Easy determine the causeto determine the cause, meaning to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- Medium determine the project budgetto determine the project budget, meaning to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- Hard determine statutory liability in litigationto determine statutory liability in litigation, meaning to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- Very Hard determine one's own destiny unbowedto determine one's own destiny unbowed, meaning to establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
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