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say it: di-tur-muh-NAY-shuhn
determination is a noun meaning "the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation". It carries 5 recorded senses.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
“the determination of molecular structures”
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose
“his determination showed in his every movement”
“he is a man of purpose”
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
“a decision unfavorable to the opposition”
“his conclusion took the evidence into account”
“satisfied with the panel's determination”
deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature
“the determination of grammatical inflections”
the act of making up your mind about something
“the burden of decision was his”
“he drew his conclusions quickly”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for determination come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.