[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/determined.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / determined

[← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/D/)

# determined

«determined» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having decided firmly to do something and not letting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (determined, more determined); past form of verb determine (determine, determines, determined, determining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having decided firmly to do something and not letting anything stop you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m1)

2) Past form of determine: found out or calculated exactly (The cause was determined). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m2)

3) Past form of determine: decided or controlled (Your height is partly determined by your genes). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and life: a determined character keeps trying. In science and maths: «determine the value of x» means find it; results determined by experiment. Formal exam voice: «Determine the total».

### examples

- She was determined to finish the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x1)
- The determined puppy finally opened the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x2)
- The police determined the cause of the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x3)
- Determine the area of the rectangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x4)
- Eye colour is determined by genes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x5)
- He's a very determined boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x6)
- Hidesato determined to try his last chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x7)

### note

Adjective (determined to do something) vs verb (determine). In maths questions, «determine» means work out or calculate; show your working. Noun: determination.

### In the corpora

- [For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.239/)
- [For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.549/)
- [Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1004/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «determined» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.