different between determination vs result

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

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt
• Hyphenation: re?sult

Verb

result (third-person singular simple present results, present participle resulting, simple past and past participle resulted) (intransitive)

1. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.

2. (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

3. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
4. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.

Synonyms

• (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence): follow, arise

Related terms

• resultant
• resile
• resilient
• resilience

Translations

Noun

result (plural results)

1. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
2. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.

4. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
5. (sports) The final score in a game.
6. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

Hyponyms

• (that which results): primitive, sum, difference, product (mathematics)

Derived terms

• as a result
• resultful
• resultless

Translations

Interjection

result

1. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
   • 2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat:

     (picking a lock) I wonder what I did...

     (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster