determined

1. 1
   not giving upadjective

   Firmly resolved on a course of action and unwilling to be turned aside; marked by strong purpose and persistence.

   The negotiators were determined to reach an agreement before midnight.

   Her determined effort to rebuild the failing company impressed the board.

   UsageUsually determined to + verb (determined to win), or determined that + clause; before a noun, a determined effort.

   Similarresolute, resolved, tenacious, dogged, persistent

   Oppositeirresolute, hesitant, half-hearted, indecisive

   Note

   A participle that has hardened into a trait of character, and so it grades like other adjectives of character: more determined, most determined. F. A. Hayek writes of "the most determined opponents of socialism" in 1949.

2. 2
   decided (past)verb

   Simple past and past participle of determine.

   The committee determined the winner after a long debate.

   Scientists have determined the age of the rock samples.

   UsageWas determined by testing is this verb; was determined to stay is the adjective (also very determined).

   Note

   Here the verb is still a verb, and its meanings range from finding out to fixing and settling: a rock's age is determined, a boundary is determined, a dispute is determined.

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