determined

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɝmɪnd/

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Adjective

determined (comparative more determined, superlative most determined)

1. Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

   I'm determined to get a good grade on my exam.

   • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

Synonyms

• fortitudinous
• purposeful
• purposive
• robust
• stout
• sturdy

Hyponyms

• predetermined

Derived terms

• aforedetermined
• determinedly
• determinedness
• indetermined
• multidetermined
• nondetermined
• overdetermined
• self-determined
• underdetermined
• undetermined

Translations

decided or resolute

• Belarusian: рашу́чы (be) (rašúčy)
• Bulgarian: реши́телен (bg) (rešítelen)
• Catalan: determinat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有決心 / 有决心 (yǒu juéxīn)

• Czech: odhodlaný (cs) m
• Dutch: vastberaden (nl)
• Esperanto: rezoluta
• Finnish: päättäväinen (fi), määrätietoinen (fi)
• French: déterminé (fr), résolu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: entschlossen (de), resolut (de), beherzt (de), bestimmt (de), entschieden (de)
• Hebrew: נחוש (he) (nakhush)
• Hindi: संकल्पित (hi) (saṅkalpit)
• Hungarian: határozott (hu), elszánt (hu), eltökélt (hu)
• Icelandic: staðráðinn
• Italian: determinato (it)
• Japanese: 断固とした (ja) (だんことした, danko to shita)
• Latin: pervicax
• Macedonian: решен (rešen)
• Māori: pūkeke, waweroka
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тууштай (mn) (tuuštaj)

  Mongolian script: ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠰᠢᠲᠠᠢ (tuɣusitai)

• Norman: dêtèrminné
• Polish: zdecydowany (pl), zdeterminowany (pl) m
• Portuguese: decidido (pt), determinado (pt), resoluto (pt)
• Russian: реши́тельный (ru) (rešítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: determinado (es), denodado (es), empeñado (es), encasquetado (es) (something in someone)
• Sundanese: luas
• Swedish: bestämd (sv)
• Tagalog: desidido
• Ukrainian: рішу́чий (rišúčyj)
• Welsh: penderfynol (cy)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} determinato (it), ^{(please verify)} risoluto (it)

Verb

determined

1. simple past and past participle of determine