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determination

[ dih-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
ascertainment, as after observation or investigation:
determination of a ship's latitude.
the information ascertained; solution.
the settlement of a dispute, question, etc., as by authoritative decision.
the decision or settlement arrived at or pronounced.
the quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose.
a fixed purpose or intention:
It is my determination to suppress vice.
the fixing or settling of amount, limit, character, etc.:
the determination of a child's allowance.
fixed direction or tendency toward some object or end.
Chiefly Law. conclusion or termination.
Embryology. the fixation of the fate of a cell or group of cells, especially before actual morphological or functional differentiation occurs.
Logic.
1. the act of rendering a notion more precise by the addition of differentiating characteristics.
2. the definition of a concept in terms of its constituent elements.

determination

/ ��ɪˌ��ɜː��ɪˈ�Ա�ɪʃə�� /

noun

the act or an instance of making a decision
the condition of being determined; resoluteness
the act or an instance of ending an argument by the opinion or decision of an authority
the act or an instance of fixing or settling the quality, limit, position, etc, of something
a decision or opinion reached, rendered, or settled upon
a resolute movement towards some object or end
law the termination of an estate or interest
law the decision reached by a court of justice on a disputed matter
logic
1. the process of qualifying or limiting a proposition or concept
2. the qualifications or limitations used in this process
the condition of embryonic tissues of being able to develop into only one particular tissue or organ in the adult

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of determination¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ��ŧ�ٱ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��ŧ�ٱ��پ�ō “boundary, conclusion,” literally “a bounding,” equivalent to ��ŧ�ٱ��(�ܲ�) “bounded” (past participle of ��ŧ�ٱ�� “to bound, limit”; determine ) + -��ō -ion

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UnCommon Law has been petitioning the parole board to make an official determination that the tests from that time period won’t be use in its decisions.

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He left little doubt about his personal determination to stamp out bad behaviour at the BBC.

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Vietnam’s determination to navigate a changing geopolitical landscape — with a flexible approach known as “bamboo diplomacy” — has also influenced the language its leaders use to describe the past.

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"It needs determination, needs focus. You need to not be distracted by what other people are doing around you," she says.

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Only trans people, in this lawyer's determination, don't deserve this basic respect from students.

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