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1. Characterized by great determination
   "a struggle against a determined enemy"
    
2. Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation
    
3. Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to
   "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"
    
4. Determined or decided upon as by an authority
   "date and place are already determined"
   - dictated, set
    
5. Strongly motivated to succeed
   - compulsive, driven

1. Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
   - find, find out, ascertain
    
2. Shape or influence; give direction to
   "experience often determines ability"
   - shape, mold [N. Amer], influence, regulate, mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Fix conclusively or authoritatively
   - set
    
4. Decide upon or fix definitely
   - specify, set, define, fix, limit
    
5. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something
   - decide, make up one's mind
    
6. Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of
   "the tree determines the border of the property"
    
7. Settle conclusively; come to terms
   - settle, square off, square up
    
8. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
   - check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

See also: ambitious, ascertained, aspirational, determinant, determination, determinedly, determiner, discovered, observed, obstinate, resolute, settled, stubborn, unregenerate

Type of: cause, choose, conclude, define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, do, make, pick out, resolve, select, specify, take

Antonym: undetermined

Encyclopedia: Determined