Determine vs. Find — What's the Difference?

Determine (April 7, 1951 – September 27, 1972), was an American Thoroughbred race horse. In a racing career which lasted from 1953 through 1955, the California-trained colt ran forty-four times and won eighteen races.

To come upon, often by accident; meet with

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature

To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort

Ascertain or establish exactly by research or calculation

To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study

Firmly decide

To perceive to be, after experience or consideration

Bring or come to an end.

To experience or feel

To establish or ascertain definitely, as after consideration, investigation, or calculation

To recover (something lost)

To give direction to by making decisions; devise or control

To recover the use of; regain

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

To succeed in reaching; arrive at

To cause (someone) to come to a decision or resolution

To obtain or acquire by effort

To be the cause of; bring about a result regarding

To decide on and make a declaration about

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

To furnish; supply

(Logic) To explain or limit by adding differences.

To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.

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

To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition

To reach a decision; resolve

To come to a legal decision or verdict

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

The act of finding.

To set the boundaries or limits of.

Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery

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

To locate

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

(transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

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

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

(ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

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

(transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

To bring to an end; to finish.

(transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

(transitive) To point out.

To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

(ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.

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

(transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

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.

To supply; to furnish.

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.

To provide for

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.

To determine or judge.

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.

To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.

To define or limit by adding a differentia.

To discover game.

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

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

To come to an end; to end; to terminate.

The act of finding.

To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; - often with on.

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.

After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.

Shape or influence; give direction to;

To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.

Fix conclusively or authoritatively;

To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.

Decide upon or fix definitely;

To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.

Reach, make, or come to a decision about something;

To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.

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

Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archæologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

Settle conclusively; come to terms;

A productive insight

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

The act of discovering something

Come upon, as if by accident; meet with;

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost;

After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;

Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds;

Perceive or be contemporaneous with;

Get something or somebody for a specific purpose;

Make a discovery, make a new finding;

Make a discovery;

Obtain through effort or management;

Decide on and make a declaration about;

Receive a specified treatment (abstract);

Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place;

Get or find back; recover the use of;

Succeed in reaching; arrive at;

Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation;