different between determination vs award

English

Etymology

From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin d?termin?ti?.Morphologically determine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

determination (countable and uncountable, plural determinations)

1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 13:

     So should that beauty which you hold in lease

     Find no determination: then you were

     Yourself again after yourself's decease ...

3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
4. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
5. (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
6. (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
7. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part

8. (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

9. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
10. The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
11. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

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Danish

Noun

determination c (singular definite determinationen, plural indefinite determinationer)

1. determination

Declension

Further reading

• “determination” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??w??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??w??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

award (plural awards)

1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
4. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

Derived terms

• Academy Award
• award ceremony
• book award
• Darwin Award

Translations

Verb

award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

1. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge

   the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

   • To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.

2. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
3. (transitive) To give (an award).

   Synonym: bestow

   Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

4. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.

   He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Synonyms

• (make or grant an award): crown

Derived terms

• awardable
• awardee
• awarder
• awarding
• awardment
• reaward

Translations

Further reading

• award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• award in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Warda, adraw