ironbound determination
- noun
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determinación inquebrantable
- Her ironbound determination helped her succeed against all odds.
Examples
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With ironbound determination, he overcame every setback and reached his goal.
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The company's success was driven by the founder's ironbound determination to never give up.
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Her ironbound determination inspired everyone on her team to keep pushing through the challenges.
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With ironbound determination, he faced every challenge head-on.
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Her ironbound determination inspired everyone on her team to keep pushing through the challenges.
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The company's success was driven by the founder's ironbound determination to never give up.
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With ironbound determination, he overcame every setback and reached his goal.
Synonyms
295
3.5
A strong wish to achieve something and not give up
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3.0
Being firm and not giving up when trying to reach a goal
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4.4
Strong determination to do something and not give up
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4.6
Very strong determination not to give up
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9.4
A strong will to keep trying and not be defeated
A very firm decision to keep trying
The ability to keep working without getting tired
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'unwavering, unbreakable determination' is directly derivable from combining 'ironbound' (firmly fixed, unyielding) with 'determination' (persistent firmness). This is a productive adjective+noun composition using a common metal-as-strength metaphor, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Ironbound determination uses the image of something tied with iron and bound, with bound meaning 'tied', so it will not break. So it means a 'very strong' will that does not give up despite problems.