determination

UK: /dɪˌtɜː^rmɪˈneɪʃ^ən/

US: /dɪˌtɝməˈneɪʃən/

US: (di tûr′mə nā′shən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•ter•mi•na•tion /dɪˌtɜrməˈneɪʃən/   n. 

1. the act of determining:
   [countable] a determination of the money owed to you.
2. the settlement or decision of a dispute, question, etc., such as by a judge:
   [countable] The judge made a determination that everyone found satisfactory.
3. the quality of being resolute;
   firmness of purpose:
   [uncountable] He showed great determination in finishing this book.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

de•ter•mi•na•tion  (di tûr′mə nā′shən), n. 

1. the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
2. ascertainment, as after observation or investigation:
   determination of a ship's latitude.
3. the information ascertained;
   solution.
4. the settlement of a dispute, question, etc., as by authoritative decision.
5. the decision or settlement arrived at or pronounced.
6. the quality of being resolute;
   firmness of purpose.
7. a fixed purpose or intention:
   It is my determination to suppress vice.
8. the fixing or settling of amount, limit, character, etc.:
   the determination of a child's allowance.
9. fixed direction or tendency toward some object or end.
10. Law [Chiefly Law.] conclusion or termination.
11. Developmental Biology [Embryol.] the fixation of the fate of a cell or group of cells, esp. before actual morphological or functional differentiation occurs.
12. Philosophy [Logic.]
    • the act of rendering a notion more precise by the addition of differentiating characteristics.
    • the definition of a concept in terms of its constituent elements.

• Latin dēterminātiōn- (stem of dēterminātiō) a boundary, conclusion, equivalent. to dētermināt(us) (see determinate) + -iōn- -ion
• Anglo-French)
• Middle English (1350–1400

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determination / dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ noun

1. the act or an instance of making a decision
2. the condition of being determined; resoluteness
3. the act or an instance of fixing or settling the quality, limit, position, etc, of something
4. a decision or opinion reached, rendered, or settled upon
5. a resolute movement towards some object or end
6. the termination of an estate or interest
7. the decision reached by a court of justice on a disputed matter