All 23 Uses of
determine
in
Gifted Hands
- How we view those problems determines how we end up.†
p. 223.9 *determines = controls (how something will turn out)
- Because of that determined, perhaps compulsive, personality that demanded so much from herself, she infused some of that spirit into me.†
p. 16.3
- Determination burned in her eyes, and I never doubted that we would.†
p. 25.9
- I didn't like the rule, but her determination to see us improve changed the course of my life.†
p. 32.8
- Somehow, through her love, determination, encouragement, and laying down the rules, Curtis became a more reasonable type of person and started to believe in himself.†
p. 33.3
- Then an angry determination welled up inside.†
p. 39.5
- That was her determination at work.†
p. 49.3
- In those days the Selective Service used a lottery system to determine who should go into the military service.†
p. 59.7
- I determined that I would go as far as I possibly could in ROTC before I graduated.†
p. 60.4
- In thinking toward college, I determined that would never happen again.†
p. 69.2
- No matter what happened during the exam, I would go into it determined to do the best I could.†
p. 73.4
- I determined that I would be the best person they had ever hired.†
p. 78.3
- Having Candy at my side, always encouraging me, made me just that more determined to work hard.†
p. 95.5
- I had reasoned it this way: Since two points determine a line, I could put one ring on the outside surface of the skull behind the area where the foramen ovale should be.†
p. 102.2
- I was determined that I wasn't going to let him make me react because then he would be able to get to me.†
p. 115.9
- Brian and Kathy sought every kind of medical information, asking questions, talking to people on and off campus, determined to find some way to stop their daughter's seizures.†
p. 157.8
- Unfortunately, the entire brain went to sleep, so we couldn't determine whether the surgery would take away Beth's ability to talk.†
p. 159.1
- And, finally, we reasoned that we three ought to be the ones to determine who was a candidate.†
p. 164.4
- Yet during that recovery period, showing remarkable determination, he continued in college.†
p. 178.0
- Since I had seen only X-rays of the children, I needed personally to assess their neurological ability, so I would be part of the team going to Germany to determine if the surgery was still feasible.†
p. 195.4
- We hadn't been able to predetermine this situation because the pressure in this vascular lake was so high that it washed out the dye during the angiogram.†
p. 200.5predetermine = control in advance (how something will turn out)standard prefix: The prefix "pre-" means in advance or before as seen in prepay and preschool.
- Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening of my skills.†
p. 223.8
- They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.†
p. 224.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(determined as in: is determined to succeed) firm in purpose
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(2)
(determine as in: determined she is guilty) to learn, discover, or decide
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(3)
(determine as in: this game determines the champion) to control (how something will turn out)
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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