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{
"term": "determination",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when this is difficult",
"sensetop": "determination to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**fierce/grim/dogged determination**"
},
{
"text": "He fought the illness with courage and determination."
},
{
"text": "They had survived by sheer determination."
},
{
"text": "I admire her determination to get it right.",
"contextForm": "determination to do something"
},
{
"text": "He hung on with grim determination."
},
{
"text": "They succeeded by hard work and sheer determination."
},
{
"text": "She demonstrated a clear determination to improve her performance."
},
{
"text": "He expressed his determination to continue in the job."
},
{
"text": "You have shown great determination and skill."
},
{
"text": "She was full of determination to achieve her goals."
},
{
"text": "The government last night signalled its determination to resist tax cuts."
},
{
"text": "The prime minister's speech revealed a clear determination to break the power of the unions."
},
{
"text": "With a renewed determination, she stood up."
},
{
"text": "The key to his success was his dogged determination to see things through."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["dogged", "fierce", "great"],
"verb + determination": ["be full of", "have", "demonstrate"],
"preposition": ["with determination"],
"phrases": ["determination to succeed, win, etc."]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the process of deciding something officially",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "factors influencing the determination of future policy"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of finding out or calculating something",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Both methods rely on the accurate determination of the pressure of the gas."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["age", "sex", "accurate"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "de/determination/determination__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/",
"audio": "de/determination/determination__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning’ and ‘authoritative opinion’): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare ‘limit, fix’, from de- ‘completely’ + terminare ‘terminate’."
}