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# determined

adjective (determined, more determined); past form of verb determine (determine, determines, determined, determining)

«determined» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having decided firmly to do something and not letting anything stop you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m1)
2. Past form of determine: found out or calculated exactly (The cause was determined). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m2)
3. Past form of determine: decided or controlled (Your height is partly determined by your genes). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and life: a determined character keeps trying. In science and maths: «determine the value of x» means find it; results determined by experiment. Formal exam voice: «Determine the total».

### Examples

- She was determined to finish the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x1)
- The determined puppy finally opened the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x2)
- The police determined the cause of the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x3)
- Determine the area of the rectangle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x4)
- Eye colour is determined by genes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x5)
- He's a very determined boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x6)
- Hidesato determined to try his last chance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/#x7)

### Note

Adjective (determined to do something) vs verb (determine). In maths questions, «determine» means work out or calculate; show your working. Noun: determination.

## In Jewish tradition

It often means decreed or fixed by God, such as a set number of days or a settled end.

**Interpretation.** Job and Isaiah speak of what God has fixed. Tradition reads this as God's control over life and history, alongside human free choice.

### Examples

- Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? (Writings JOB.38.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determined/#x1)
- For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined. (Writings JOB.21.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determined/#x2)
- For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth. (Prophets ISA.10.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determined/#x3)

### Note

Adjective (determined to do something) vs verb (determine). In maths questions, «determine» means work out or calculate; show your working. Noun: determination.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «determined» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/determined/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «determined» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/determined/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«determined» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/determined.html) on Mova free.