determined

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It's easy to train kids to learn some task for some as-at-yet determined future purpose.

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Quick take

characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of determined gathered in one view.

adjective

characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"

adjective

having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

adjective

devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for determined.

adjective

characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy"

adjective

having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

adjective

devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

adjective

determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"

adjective

strongly motivated to succeed

Example sentences

It's easy to train kids to learn some task for some as-at-yet determined future purpose.

Just being determined and putting in the hours will _not_ be sufficient to pass a plateau of learning.

Whether or not it's broken is determined by whether the company finds a suitable candidate, how long it takes and how expensive it is.

I'd look for a startup with very determined founders who are working on a problem that grew organically out of their own experiences.

Saying "Children aren't born smart" is equivalent to saying "Intelligence is determined entirely by one's environment", if I understand the claim correctly.

The only reasonably accurate paragraph is this: "And, more importantly, the lower energy range from 114 to just under 145 billion electron volts, a region of energy that Fermilab has determined, through earlier experiments, may harbor the Higgs, has not been ruled out.