- 1[not before noun] determined (to do something) if you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and you will not let anyone prevent you I'm determined to succeed.
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- 2showing a person's determination to do something a determined effort to stop smoking The proposal had been dropped in the face of determined opposition. Idioms
very determined to do something I came here bound and determined to put the last 12 months behind me.
NAmE//dɪˈtərməndli//, NAmE//dɪˈtərmənədli//
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