WOTW: determination

今週のWOTWは ‘determination’ です。A noun and something you will need to keep those New Year’s resolutions! Let’s have a look.

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- He’s not the best candidate, but he shows great determination. (The quality of being determined; firmness of purpose; decided; 頑張っている人です。)

- They identified the disease by viral determination. (The process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research.)

- The judge's determination was accepted by all parts. (In law, the settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator.)

- Genetic determination has a huge impact on one's health condition. (The controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something.)

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発音は/dɪˌtəːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/です。イギリス英語の発音ですけど、アメリカっぽい聞こえたい方は「R」を付けてください。