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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•ter•mi•na•tion /dɪˌtɜrməˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the act of determining:[countable]a determination of the money owed to you.
- the settlement or decision of a dispute, question, etc., such as by a judge:[countable]The judge made a determination that everyone found satisfactory.
- the quality of being resolute;
firmness of purpose:[uncountable]He showed great determination in finishing this book.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•ter•mi•na•tion (di tûr′mə nā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Law[Chiefly Law.]conclusion or termination.
- Developmental Biology[Embryol.]the fixation of the fate of a cell or group of cells, esp. before actual morphological or functional differentiation occurs.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- the act of rendering a notion more precise by the addition of differentiating characteristics.
- the definition of a concept in terms of its constituent elements.
- Latin dēterminātiōn- (stem of dēterminātiō) a boundary, conclusion, equivalent. to dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -iōn- -ion
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ n - the act or an instance of making a decision
- the condition of being determined; resoluteness
- 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
- the termination of an estate or interest
- the decision reached by a court of justice on a disputed matter
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