Determine and Suspect

Determine

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

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

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

Suspect verb - To form an opinion from little or no evidence.

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Determine and suspect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Determine" instead a verb "Suspect".

Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting

character	determine character	suspect character
people	determine people	suspect people
truth	determine truth	suspect truth
name	determine name	suspect name
Other words: place, time, way, identity, innocence, motives.

In an episode of New Tricks, Brian is attempting to time the distance between a suspect's place of work and a murder scene to determine whether the suspect could have killed the victim.

Source: I Have This Friend...
His is able to determine, simply by being in the same room, that Commissioner Enderby does not have the capacity to commit premeditated murder, thus eliminating him as a suspect.

Source: Literature / The Caves of Steel
If a person was convicted based on a confession, they need to determine if it was genuine or if the police coerced the suspect into a false confession.

Source: Series / Conviction (2016)

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