Determine and Focus

Determine

Determine verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).

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Focus and determine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Determine".

Nearby Words: determination, determining, determinative, determiner, determinating

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Determine and focus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Determine" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

ability	determine ability	focus ability
power	determine power	focus power
strength	determine strength	focus strength
life	determine life	focus life
Other words: people, role, point, amount, place, time, strategy, damage, past, feelings.

In X-Men, Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men.

Source: Still the Leader
Still the Leader: Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men.

Source: Comicbook / Cyclops
In both games there is a similar situation where you must choose various weapons and skills to determine how you will level up and what sort of combat you want to focus on.

Source: Dialogue Tree

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