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determined

Pronunciation:  di'turmind

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  strongly motivated to succeed
  2. [adj]  having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation
  3. [adj]  characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"
  4. [adj]  determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"
  5. [adj]  devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"
 
 Synonyms: ambitious, ascertained, compulsive, dictated, discovered, driven, observed, resolute, set, settled, stubborn
 
 Antonyms: undetermined
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*ter"mined\, a.
Decided; resolute. ``Adetermined foe.'' --Sparks.

 
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