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   De·ter·mi·na·tion

   /dəˌtərməˈnāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. firmness of purpose; resoluteness: "he advanced with an unflinching determination" Similar resolutionresolveresolutenesswill powerstrength of willstrength of charactersingle-mindednesssense of purposefirmness of purposefixity of purposepurposefulnessintentnessdecisiondecidednesssteadfastnessstaunchnessperseverancepersistenceindefatigabilitytenacitytenaciousnessstaying powerstrong-mindednessbackbonethe bulldog spiritpertinacitypertinaciousnessstubbornnessdoggednessobstinacyobduratenessobduracyinflexibilityspiritednessbravenessbraveryboldnesscouragecourageousnesspluckpluckinessstout-heartednessDunkirk spiritsitzfleischinformal:gutsspunkgritstickabilitystick-to-it-ivenessarchaic:intensionrare:perseverationOpposite weak-mindednesspusillanimity
   • 2. the process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research: "determination of molecular structures" Similar calculationdiscoveryascertainmentestablishmentfixingdeductiondivinationdiagnosisdiscernmentcheckverificationconfirmation
   • ▪ the settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator: "expert determination"
   • ▪ a judicial decision or sentence.
   • 3. the controlling or deciding of something's nature or outcome: "genetic sex determination" Similar settingfixingspecificationa decision aboutsettlementdesignationallotmentarrangementchoicenamingnominationappointmentestablishmentauthorizationprescription
   • 4. the cessation of an estate or interest.
   • 5. a tendency to move in a fixed direction. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning’ and ‘authoritative opinion’): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare (see determine).

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