Determination Fought Illness Courage Sheer Noun Bre Dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn

• fierce/grim/dogged determination
• he fought the illness with courage and determination.
• they had survived by sheer determination.
• i admire her determination to get it right.

determination

1. the quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when this is difficult
• fierce/grim/dogged determination
• He fought the illness with courage and determination.
• They had survived by sheer determination.
• I admire her determination to get it right.
2. the process of deciding something officially
• factors influencing the determination of future policy
3. the act of finding out or calculating something
• Both methods rely on the accurate determination of the pressure of the gas.

Extra Examples

• He hung on with grim determination.
• He succeeded by hard work and sheer determination.
• She demonstrated a clear determination to improve her performance.
• She expressed her determination to continue in the job.
• She has shown great determination and skill.
• She was full of determination to achieve her goals.
• The government last night signalled its determination to resist tax cuts.
• The prime minister’s speech revealed a clear determination to break the power of the unions.
• With a renewed determination, she stood up.
• She fought the illness with courage and determination.
• The key to his success was his dogged determination see things through.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the senses ‘settlement of a controversy by a judge or by reasoning’ and ‘authoritative opinion’): via Old French from Latin determinatio(n-), from the verb determinare ‘limit, fix’, from de- ‘completely’ + terminare ‘terminate’.