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Determination

noun

The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation. Synonym: finding.

The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose. Synonym: purpose. "He is a man of purpose"

A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. Synonyms: conclusion, decision. "His conclusion took the evidence into account" , "Satisfied with the panel's determination"

Deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature.

The act of making up your mind about something. Synonyms: conclusion, decision. "He drew his conclusions quickly"

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"Determination" Quotes from Famous Books

... than to the patio. The slaves, formed outside, guarded the bishop's coach, and I do not know that there was anybody else actually with us under the vault of the entrance. We glared into each other's faces, and the world seemed very still around us. I felt in me a passion—not of hate, but of determination to be done with him; and from his face it was impossible to guess his suffering, ...

— Romance • Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

... so on, until at last the brothers pluck up determination, and make choice of an employer. So our Caledonian friends begin to gather together their traps and make preparations to accompany their complaisant and well-satisfied boss to his farm on the banks of the Waikato. And an indescribable joy is in their hearts, for they are to receive ...

— Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) - or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand • William Delisle Hay

... general expression of determination among the prisoners to answer any cannonade with a desperate attempt to force the Stockade. It was agreed that anything was better than dying like rats in a pit or wild animals in a battue. It was believed that if anything would occur ...

— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy

... him, no doubt, appeared far more unreasonable than the petition of right, and which, with much more colour, he might consider as extorted. These considerations were probably the cause why the Parliament so long delayed their determination of accepting the king's offer as a basis for treaty; but, unfortunately, they had delayed so long that when at last they adopted it they found themselves without power to carry it into execution. The army having now ceased to be the servants, had become the masters of the Parliament, ...

— A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second • Charles James Fox

... that some well-defined measure may be devised before another national election which will render unnecessary a resort to any expedient of a temporary character for the determination of ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 8: Chester A. Arthur • James D. Richardson

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