Definition of Determination

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Determination

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.

The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.

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Determination Quotations

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Napoleon Bonaparte

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
Les Brown

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin Powell

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.
Charles Spurgeon

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.
Chuck Norris

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
Og Mandino

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman

Determination Translations

determination in Italian is deliberazione, risoluzione, determinatezza
determination in Latin is terminatio
determination in Norwegian is bestemmelse, besluttsomhet

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