determination
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- noun
- /dɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Formal
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- Dr. Blake will call out the determination as to whether they go to the green or red section.
- make a determination
- final determination
- preliminary determination
What was behind the delay in the determination of Ethan's wounds?
- What was behind the delay in the determination of Ethan's wounds?
- Well, that you can't make that that determination from Washington, DC.
- You can actually choose what your tax determination will be.
- But now is not the point for us to actually try to set those determinations down hard and fast.
- Maybe you can help me and the audience understand who makes the determination of when these hearings happen.
- The determination that Alex Volkov is just insane to me.
- So but what do you think the main ingredient is to then pass SCS selection determination?
- There's a child involved to sit back in your little comfy chair on ACNN panel and make that determination for the child.
- They express, he says, the judgment, the determination.
- I don't know how they make their determinations, but they do somehow.
Examples
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Your honor, in the Secretary of State makes its determination on a case by case basis and it does research.
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We work heavily at the search stage in the Supreme Court where a determination is made whether to grant or deny review of a particular case.
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Let the police make a determination.
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Let's find it before we make that determination.
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So this is the time when your presentations can provide support for your government's determination to do even better with renewable energy.
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It is the determination of this court that the prisoners are... guilty as charged.
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Whether material is "harmful to minors" is a determination that must be made by a court.
Academic text (2015) -
The lead author made the final determination when there were rating disagreements among the research assistants.
Academic text (2008) -
The witness can't present them testimony that would assist in making a determination of guilt or innocence.
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The committee reached a determination after reviewing all the evidence presented in the case.
Synonyms
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A choice made after thinking about different options
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1.6
A decision made after thinking about the facts
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4.9
An official written explanation by a judge for a court decision
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2.4
An opinion or decision formed after careful thought
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A formal decision by a court or official about a disagreement
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5.7
A ruling by a court about a legal case
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9.9
A decision made by a neutral person or group to settle a disagreement
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9.9
A court decision before a trial made only from written statements when the main facts are agreed
A court decision that decides the main facts and law of a case, not just procedural points
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Etymology
Determination comes from the Latin verb determine from terminus meaning 'boundary', and it originally meant 'setting a limit'. So an official determination is a formal setting of the final rule or decision after careful thought.