{
    "term": "determination",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when this is difficult",
            "sensetop": "determination to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**fierce/grim/dogged determination**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fought the illness with courage and determination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had survived by sheer determination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I admire her determination to get it right.",
                    "contextForm": "determination to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He hung on with grim determination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They succeeded by hard work and sheer determination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She demonstrated a clear determination to improve her performance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He expressed his determination to continue in the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have shown great determination and skill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was full of determination to achieve her goals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government last night signalled its determination to resist tax cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prime minister's speech revealed a clear determination to break the power of the unions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With a renewed determination, she stood up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The key to his success was his dogged determination to see things through."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dogged", "fierce", "great"],
                "verb + determination": ["be full of", "have", "demonstrate"],
                "preposition": ["with determination"],
                "phrases": ["determination to succeed, win, etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of deciding something officially",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "factors influencing the determination of future policy"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of finding out or calculating something",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Both methods rely on the accurate determination of the pressure of the gas."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["age", "sex", "accurate"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "de/determination/determination__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn/",
                "audio": "de/determination/determination__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}