adjective
fixed in your purpose
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bent on going to the theater
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dead set against intervening
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out to win every event
• Similar to: ↑resolute
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noun1. : the position of a hunting dog in pointing his prey
2. : a determined effort especially to win or gain a clearly identified objective — usually used with at
made a dead set at him and married him
3. : an attitude of fixed hostility
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1. firmly decided or determined; resolved: His family was dead set against the marriage.
2. a serious or determined attempt; firm effort: He made a dead set at winning the championship.
3. Hunting. the stiff posture assumed by a hunting dog in indicating the presence and location of game.
[1840-50, Amer.]
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dead set see under ↑set
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Main Entry: ↑dead
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dead set
1. Determined (on)
2. Indisputable (Aust sl)
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Main Entry: ↑set
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dead-set «DEHD SEHT», adjective.
firmly fixed; very determined or resolute: »
... dead-set against any compromise (Newsweek).
dead set,
1. an abrupt stop or stand made by a hunting dog in pointing game.
2. Figurative. a) a determined stand: »
The disaffected sections of the Irish population made a dead set against him from the first (Manchester Evening News).
b) a determined attempt to gain someone's affections: »There was a girl at Dumdum…who made a dead set at me (Thackeray).
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n. see set II (sense 2)
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dead setsee set n.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.