Determine and Prefer

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

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

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Determine and prefer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Determine" instead a verb "Prefer".

life	determine life	prefer life
people	determine people	prefer people
kind	determine kind	prefer kind
order	determine order	prefer order
Other words: sex, name, type, form, time, way, gender.

Less common in the new series: the Doctor and his companions prefer to determine the year through Newspaper Dating or otherwise deducing it from the environment.

Source: What Year Is This?
All three also have an emphasis on Digital Distribution, however, so whether gamers will prefer to stick with physical copies or embrace downloading games from the Internet will determine the future of the format in the games market.

Source: Useful Notes / Blu-ray
The peoples morale will be determine on how much you wage war, as they much prefer that their king engage in fewer wars, and end them as soon as possible.

Source: Video Game / Total War: Attila

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