determination

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US /dɪˌtɝːməˈneɪʃən/ UK /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #9051

Meanings

1

noun
The quality of trying hard to do something and not giving up.

Through sheer determination, she finished the marathon.
2

noun
The act of finding out or deciding something exactly.

The determination of the cause of the accident took weeks.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the act of finding out or... finding

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Forms determinations

Derived forms codeterminationenantiodeterminationforedeterminationindeterminationmicrodeterminationmisdeterminationmultideterminationnondeterminationoverdeterminationpredeterminationradiodeterminationredetermination

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grim determination
A firm and unsmiling resolve to continue despite serious difficulties.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō. Morphologically determine + -ation.

determinacion Middle English dēterminātiō Latin

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# determination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˌtɝːməˈneɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 9051

## Meanings
1. The quality of trying hard to do something and not giving up.
2. The act of finding out or deciding something exactly.

## Examples
- Through sheer determination, she finished the marathon.
- The determination of the cause of the accident took weeks.

## Derived Forms
- codetermination
- enantiodetermination
- foredetermination
- indetermination
- microdetermination
- misdetermination
- multidetermination
- nondetermination
- overdetermination
- predetermination
- radiodetermination
- redetermination

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: determinacion
- Root: dēterminātiō

## Etymology
From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō. Morphologically determine + -ation.

## AI Etymology
determination comes from Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō. Morphologically determine + -ation. The historical chain includes Middle English determinacion, Old French determinacion, Latin dēterminātiō. Current senses include The quality of trying hard to do something and not giving up and The act of finding out or deciding something exactly. English relatives and later formations include codetermination, enantiodetermination, foredetermination.

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