adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a determined campaign
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His wife waged a determined campaign for his release.
a determined chin literary (= giving a face a determined appearance )
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She had short hair and a determined chin.
a determined effort (= showing a lot of determination )
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She had made a determined effort to lose weight.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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To protect themselves they also determined to withdraw to a monastery.
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She was also determined to spend as much time in dress shops as she possibly could!
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I; and with a given production function the rate of growth in that department is also determined .
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It was also determined to introduce wagon building at Wolverton.
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Elena was also determined that her children should have successful educations.
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He's also determined to acquire systems software technology like utilities from the outside.
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This can be a helpful approach in discussion - some one may regard you as stubborn, whereas you see yourself as determined .
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Surely she was still as determined as ever not to allow anyone to creep through her defences and make her care?
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She was determined he should qualify as a doctor and just as determined that he should practise here.
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He admired some of them as determined but ordinary folk.
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He is as determined to preserve his positive face here as he is to defend his negative face in scene three.
genetically
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This predisposition may be genetically determined .
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Moving from insects to reptiles to mammals, the importance of learned, as opposed to genetically determined , behaviour gradually increases.
more
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Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined , and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match.
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Dennis Hopper was even more determined than Fonda to make it work.
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By 1952 he was becoming all the more determined that the United States should not be tarred with the colonial brush.
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But more determined art criminals posing as tourists helped themselves to ornate craftwork from the chapel.
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This time however government attempts to bring about change have been more determined and enduring.
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Our response to recession must simply be to be more determined , focused and innovative.
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But it was a temporary setback that made him even more determined to achieve his boyhood dream.
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It made me even more determined to keep alive the memory of both Dawn and my wife.
most
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Eddery had to be at his most determined to beat Nominator whose hallmark is toughness.
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From the middle years of the fourteenth century, such steps were sufficient to keep all but the most determined attackers at bay.
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I met the most determined teenage resistance ever.
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Padlocking steel collars on to the corner legs will help prevent even the most determined thief from moving your caravan.
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Politically, the leaders of organized labour were the most determined campaigners on the pensioners' behalf.
quite
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We'd rowed about it endlessly, but I was quite determined .
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She hadn't quite determined what it was going to mean to her.
so
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But they also explore psychology's boundaries: an important focus for a discipline so determined to define itself rigorously.
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I had never seen any animal, human or otherwise, so wild - so determined , so excited, so driven.
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But ideas which are determined by social reality are not, because they are so determined, necessarily erroneous.
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He's so determined , so forceful - he does what he wants and to hell with the consequences!
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Why was he so determined to deny her the right to reach for her dream?
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He, after all, was the one so determined to do away with sham and misunderstanding.
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Why had he been so determined to create a second see of archiepiscopal rank in the southern province in the first place?
still
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The second period saw no let-up from either side with both still determined to play 15-man rugby.
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The shaman was still determined to resist and encouraged the growing unrest among the warriors.
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Nicholson returned to the bosom of his friends, somewhat dejected but still determined .
very
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Above all, Marianella will be remembered as a very brave and very determined woman.
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Orc war boar riders are rough, tough and very determined .
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You may find that you have to be very determined and repeat your message several times.
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It wouldn't have stopped anything very determined , and it had no chance with Jekub.
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She's very determined and that was her way of coping.
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This was just a back seat and very determined to stay that way.
■ NOUN
effort
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For the sake of your health make a determined effort to stop smoking.
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Had her shyly determined efforts to be friendly with the other quieter girls like herself been so thoroughly misinterpreted?
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With a determined effort she blanked her mind, raising the mug to her lips.
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In other words, the subjects were making determined efforts to understand the dynamic aspects of the problem.
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He blew his nose vigorously, straightened his dressing gown and made a determined effort to regain a measure of composure.
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So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure.
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The ballot came after determined efforts to lobby support for him.
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While Cato was still alive the Roman governing class made a determined effort to get to know the Celts better.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bound and determined
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Klein is bound and determined to win at least five races this year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Both sides in the dispute seemed determined not to compromise.
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I was determined to be a professional dancer, and practised for hours every day.
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I was immediately impressed by how determined he was.
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Not many women went to university in those days, but Dorothy was a very determined woman.
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She was determined that her children should have the best possible education.
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The proposal met with determined opposition from the government.
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The world must make a more determined effort to stop the flow of arms to trouble spots.
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There's no point in trying to stop her -- it'll only make her more determined .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was prepared, determined , ready.
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I also hope all parties will work together in a determined and responsible manner to solve the main problem facing this nation.
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I had brought a rifle with me to Abyssinia. determined to achieve my dream of hunting big game.
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It sounded determined to break through the glass.
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Paul Ince escapes criticism for his usual wholehearted endeavours and determined talking.
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The third question was: If everything is determined , what becomes of free will and our responsibility for our actions?
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We were determined not to start off with a mortgage round our necks if we could possibly avoid it.