Determine and Pick

Determine

Determine verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

Usage example: trying to determine which direction we were facing

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Pick and determine are semantically related in allocation topic. In some cases you can use "Pick" instead a verb "Determine".

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

Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.

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Determine and pick are semantically related in allocation topic. Sometimes you can use "Determine" instead a verb "Pick".

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

character	determine character	pick character
people	determine people	pick people
direction	determine direction	pick direction
name	determine name	pick name
Other words: point, place, number, time, path, way, level, size, ending, gender, skills.

Perhaps because of this, DJMAX Technika 2 and 3 instead determine boss songs based on which available songs you pick for your set.

Source: Do Well, but Not Perfect
Pass the Buck (determine between two small prizes which one is off by $1; for each correct pick, you get another pick at a six-space board, which has one car, three cash amounts, and two "Lose Everything"s) originally had eight spaces instead of six.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Game Shows
To determine which route you enter in the visual novel, the player has to pick a number of events from a rotating pool of characters.

Source: Visual Novel / Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!

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