determined
adjUK /dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ · US /dɪˈtɝmɪnd/
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Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.
- I'm determined to get a good grade on my exam.
- Shortly after midnight a determined attempt was made to wreck a portion of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon, by means of an explosive bomb.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
1 more example
- The result of this is that today in most parts of the Western World even the most determined opponents of socialism derive from socialist sources their knowledge on most subjects on which they have no firsthand information.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 422:
- Synonyms
- fortitudinous, purposeful, purposive, robust, stout, sturdy
- Derived terms
- aforedetermined, determinedly, determinedness, indetermined, multidetermined, nondetermined, overdetermined, self-determined, underdetermined, undetermined
- Hyponyms
- predetermined