Collocations for determine - verb

exactly, precisely
We need a detailed investigation to determine exactly why these cancers are occurring.

reliably
conclusively, definitively
unambiguously
objectively

try to
be used to, help to
Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.

be easy to, be possible to
be difficult to, be impossible to
It is difficult to determine the exact cause of the illness.

be necessary to
be able to

biologically, culturally, genetically
the debate about whether such attitudes are biologically or culturally determined

ultimately
a decision which would ultimately determine the fate of the project

directly
Reproductive success is directly determined by attractiveness to the female.

largely, mainly, primarily
partly
solely, uniquely

Determine is used with these nouns as the subject:
coroner, factor, inspection, researcher

Determine is used with these nouns as the object:
cause, champion, compensation, composition, concentration, course, degree, density, destiny, diameter, direction, distance, distribution, duration, effect, effectiveness, efficiency, election, extent, fate, feasibility, frequency, future, guilt, height, identity, impact, incidence, influence, latitude, level, likelihood, limit, longitude, magnitude, meaning, merit, nature, number, outcome, percentage, policy, position, preference, priority, probability, quality, radioactivity, rate, ratio, relationship, rent, requirement, risk, role, scale, scope, severity, sex, shape, significance, size, status, success, suitability, threshold, type, usefulness, validity, value, viability, volume, wage, winner, worth