Word Finder - determined

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To set the boundaries or limits of.

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To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.

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To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

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To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.

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The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

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To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

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The court has determined the cause.

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To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

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I determined to go home at once.

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To define or limit by adding a differentia.

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To bring to an end; to finish.

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Decided; resolute, possessing much determination.

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

Elihu Burritt was a poor boy who was determined to learn.

He's determined to keep me.

It only made me more determined, though.

Rhyn waited for it, determined to put up the same fight he always did.

I was determined to know beans.

Mom wondered why Dad was so determined to stay here, but I knew why.

We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.

For a moment they silently exchanged determined expressions.

Determined little guy, isn't he?

After his losses, he had determined to pay back his debt to his parents in five years.

I thought you were determined to remain a bachelor.

He was determined not to waste a single minute of his time with Elisabeth.

My teacher, realizing this, determined to supply the kinds of stimulus I lacked.

So we've determined you have no physical coordination or skills.

No one had a suggestion for the next step, but Fred was determined to continue to research the ownership of the severed digit.

In any case, Yancey didn't seem to be all that determined to avoid a relationship.

She was weak and the pain was excruciating, but she was determined to go home.

Determined to enjoy her first relaxing experience in a few weeks, she watched to make sure the door closed behind him and went to the locker room.

She eased against him, awed by his pure strength yet determined not to appear as stupid as she felt.

They were determined to enjoy every minute of easiness before dealing with the reality of the full moon.

This one showed a determined kitty hanging from a tree branch and always made her smile, even when she was hung-over.

There was a sad but determined look about the young lady.

He lowered his arm enough to see his determined brother, unsteady on his feet with one arm in a sling.

She tapped her translator again despite the hum and determined he was ignoring her.

Darian remained for another long moment before Traveling to the nearest town, determined to figure out what was going on.

I had made my homeward journey, talking constantly to Miss Sullivan, not for the sake of talking, but determined to improve to the last minute.

I determined to go into business at once, and not wait to acquire the usual capital, using such slender means as I had already got.

He seemed to her kind, brave, determined, manly, and magnanimous.

It's tearing him up but he's determined to move ahead.

Determined to do what she wanted with her life, she'd been good with her money but didn't save anything.

She refused to send him to school or to go to work, determined to figure out what insanity was going on under her roof.

When she reached the top of the beach, she paused to catch her breath before hurrying after Jade, whose determined walk soon outdistanced her.

Armed and dressed for a fight, the redhead looked determined, if scared.

As my economics professors insisted, cost is determined by scarcity and demand.

The minimum is either set by a minimum wage law or determined by the demand and supply of that labor.

Of all these men Prince Andrew sympathized most with Pfuel, angry, determined, and absurdly self-confident as he was.

She straightened her shoulders, determined to approach her fate without fear.

You want the man to wear the pants, but you're determined to do everything yourself.

Young people, who would be expected to do the dying if another war came, are generally more determined to keep the peace than their elders.

My parents at once determined to take me to Baltimore to see if anything could be done for my eyes.

His determined gaze finally shifted to her face.

Determined to find some peace and quiet, Wynn ignored the men racing in different directions through the hallways and went to one of the back stairwells.

Science's progress over the past few hundred years has been determined mainly by the relatively slow speed at which we were able to collect data.

He twisted, turned and moved his arms constantly, a determined look painted on his face.

If he was so determined to crush that dream, how could she trust him with her future happiness?

In spite of the disappointing weather Dean was determined to fit some serious biking into the salvaged half of what should have been a free weekend.

Even when they were both determined not to let this happen, it was difficult to avoid such incidents.

She glanced up and tried to look determined.

He on his part was more and more repelled by a superior woman determined to live her own intellectual life, and she on hers discovered that she was mated, if not to a clown, at least to a hobereau whose whole heart was in his cattle and his turnips.

She had already determined to create him a noble, and begun to look out an estate in the lately annexed possessions of Sweden on the Pomeranian coast.