Word: Determination
How to pronounce: dɪtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. Firmness of purpose; resoluteness.
Example sentences: "He advanced with an unflinching determination"
2. The process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research.
Example sentences: "Determination of molecular structures"
3. The controlling or deciding of something's nature or outcome.
Example sentences: "Genetic sex determination"
4. The cessation of an estate or interest.
Example sentences: "It however now seems clear, from a case in Yelverton, that the assignment by the tenant at will of his interest to a third party is no determination of the tenancy, unless the lessor at will have notice."
5. A tendency to move in a fixed direction.
Example sentences: "Second, retained membranes and septic substances result in a determination of blood to the uterus."
Synonyms:
identification
measurement
finding
detection
conclusion
diagnosis
inference
eduction
defining
resolution
resoluteness
ruling
decisiveness
decision
judgment
judgement
verdict
opinion
definiteness
certainty
ascertainment
establishment
resolve
purposefulness
firmness
aspiration
purpose
Antonyms:
termination
discontinuance
Derivations:
determined
determining
determinating
determinated
determinative
determinancy
determinant
determiner
determine
determinate
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Determination in Other Languages...
Spanish: Determinación
German: Bestimmung
French: Détermination
Italian: Determinazione
Turkish: Belirleme
