determined
di tur muhnd
- v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
- v shape or influence; give direction to
- v fix conclusively or authoritatively
- v decide upon or fix definitely
- v reach, make, or come to a decision about something
- v fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
- v settle conclusively; come to terms
- v find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- s characterized by great determination
a struggle against a determined enemy - a having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation
- s devoting full strength and concentrated attention to
made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters - s determined or decided upon as by an authority
date and place are already determined - s strongly motivated to succeed
- But Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue, says she is determined to use her power for good, not evil.
- He was then flown to a reunion with his father, and the Gonzalez family holed up in a Washington suburb while the courts determined Elian's fate.
- PTI talks with a Baghdad native determined to stay, an Iraqi survivor of 911, an Oscar-winning filmmaker and two very different members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee .