English Explanatory Dictionary

determination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
  2. The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
  3. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
  4. The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.
  5. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
  6. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
  7. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decisive character; resoluteness; fortitude.
  8. The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
  9. That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
  10. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
  11. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Pronunciation

/dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ en-us-determination.ogg

Word forms

determination determinations

Etymology

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

Synonyms

decision conclusion verdict award censure choice deduction determination ergotism illation inference judgement/judgment mind opinion result sight take view

Antonyms

generalization

Derived words

codetermination content determination enantiodetermination foredetermination indetermination microdetermination misdetermination multidetermination nondetermination overdetermination predetermination radiodetermination redetermination self-determination serodetermination transdetermination underdetermination undetermination

Translations

Arabic: عَزِيمَة Bulgarian: определяне Bulgarian: установяване Catalan: determinació Czech: určení Czech: určenost Finnish: määrittäminen German: Bestimmung Hindi: निर्धारण Hungarian: elhatározás Indonesian: determinasi Irish: cinntiúchán Italian: determinazione Japanese: 決意する Khmer: ការកំណត់ Polish: ustalenie Polish: określenie Romanian: determinare Russian: определе́ние Russian: установле́ние Spanish: determinación Spanish: decisión Spanish: resolución Tagalog: determinasyon Ukrainian: ви́значення Ukrainian: встано́влення Ukrainian: устано́влення
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