determination

In the English Vocabulary Profile, the noun ‘determination’ is listed at B2 with the meaning:

when someone continues trying to do something, although it is very difficult

For example:

Fretting arises from our determination to have our own way.

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‘determination’ is often followed by an infinitive.

A search in iWeb corpus for:

determination TO _VVI

1 DETERMINATION TO MAKE 1407
2 DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED 1248
3 DETERMINATION TO GET 1074
4 DETERMINATION TO KEEP 704
5 DETERMINATION TO ACHIEVE 487
6 DETERMINATION TO SEE 438
7 DETERMINATION TO WIN 419
8 DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE 377
9 DETERMINATION TO HELP 360
10 DETERMINATION TO FIND 356
11 DETERMINATION TO TAKE 326
12 DETERMINATION TO FIGHT 324
13 DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME 278
14 DETERMINATION TO BRING 274
15 DETERMINATION TO WORK 247
16 DETERMINATION TO CREATE 246
17 DETERMINATION TO BUILD 244
18 DETERMINATION TO GO 239
19 DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE 239
20 DETERMINATION TO LIVE 238


B1 infinitives:

achieve, continue, create, fight, succeed