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  1. to conclude
  2. to determine
  3. to come to a judgment

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  • 断 (斷): to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
  • 定 (定): to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely

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Examples

昨晚的火災被斷定為由縱火引起的。

因為他做了不少壞事,我們可以斷定他不是個好人。

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