Cases of word usage

1) a serious and determined request (appeal)

2) (an act, instance, of) determined opposition, especially when face to face (confrontation)

3) determined and stubborn when trying to solve or complete something (dogged)

4) serious and determined (earnest)

5) clear and determined (forthright)

6) serious and severe; determined (grim)

7) (to cause something) to become solid; (to cause a person) to become confident and determined (harden)

8) (to cause something) to become stronger or more determined (intensify)

9) a relation between two amounts determined by the number of times one contains the other (ratio)

10) very determined (resolute)