result

American  

[ri-zuhlt] / rɪˈzʌlt /

verb (used without object)

• results,
  present (3rd person singular)
• resulted,
  past participle,  past
• resulting
  present participle

1. to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.

   Synonyms:

   issue, come, flow

2. to terminate or end in a specified manner or thing.

   Synonyms:

   eventuate, resolve

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noun

• results
  plural

1. something that happens as a consequence; outcome.

   Synonyms:

   fruit, product, end, issue, conclusion

   Antonyms:

   cause

2. Mathematics. a quantity, expression, etc., obtained by calculation.

3. Often results. a desirable or beneficial consequence, outcome, or effect.

   We had definite results within weeks.

idioms

1. get results, to obtain a notable or successful result or response; be effective.

result British  

/ rɪˈzʌlt /

noun

1. something that ensues from an action, policy, course of events, etc; outcome; consequence

2. a number, quantity, or value obtained by solving a mathematical problem

3. a decision of a legislative body

4. (often plural) the final score or outcome of a sporting contest

5. a favourable result, esp a victory or success

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verb

1. (often foll by from) to be the outcome or consequence (of)

2. (foll by in) to issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc); end

   to result in tragedy

3. property law (of an undisposed or partially disposed of interest in land) to revert to a former owner when the prior interests come to an end

Synonym Usage

See follow. See effect.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• results
  plural

Participles

• resulting
  present
• resulted
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• result
  simple
• results
  simple
• have resulted
  perfect
• has resulted
  perfect
• am resulting
  progressive
• are resulting
  progressive
• is resulting
  progressive
• have been resulting
  perfect progressive
• has been resulting
  perfect progressive

Past

• resulted
  simple
• had resulted
  perfect
• was resulting
  progressive
• were resulting
  progressive
• had been resulting
  perfect progressive

Future

• will result
  simple
• will have resulted
  perfect
• will be resulting
  progressive
• will have been resulting
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of result

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English resulten (verb) from Anglo-Latin resultāre “to arise as a consequence” ( Latin: “to spring back, rebound”), equivalent to re- re- + -sultāre, combining form of saltāre “to dance” (frequentative of salīre “to leap, spring”)

Explanation

A result is something that occurs as a consequence of some action. The result of your practical joke is a puddle of water on the floor and a lump on your cousin's head where the bucket hit him. A result is also the answer to some problem, especially one obtained by calculation or experimentation. The result you get for a math problem will be wrong if you add when you should multiply. The verb result means to follow as an outcome of some action. If you forget to book a room in advance, it will result in your having to stay at the hotel by the airport instead of one by the beach.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

result results resulted resulting

When it was reinvented in the 19th century, the result was notably weaker than the Roman kind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Judge Geraint Walters confirmed that Samantha died as a result of the fire.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Owner Jerry Jones called the game’s result “extraordinarily, extraordinarily disappointing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

So far, Rodriguez's government and Figuera's team have completed two rounds of talks, with the most tangible result being the release of political prisoners.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

While this preparation often happens at a local level, the international Volcano Disaster Assistance Program was created as a direct result of the Mount St. Helens eruption.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

The earnings of independent fuel makers Valero Energy, Marathon Petroleum and Phillips 66 are set to crush the near-record results of the June quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

This year’s results provide yet more evidence that, if you were to pick a mutual fund at random, the odds are high that you will lag a broad-market index fund.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nobel peace laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado remains in exile, though she has said she will not interfere and hopes to see concrete results.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Unless a test indicates the very rare but serious Cushing’s syndrome—identified by sustained high cortisol levels—she won’t necessarily need to do anything with the results they show her.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The results we announced today are embarrassing for me; for our firm,” began John Mack.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“This loosening of guidelines, combined with scaled-up immigration enforcement, has resulted in the detention of thousands of parents, many of whose minor children are U.S. citizens,” a recent analysis by the Migration Policy Institute concluded.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

England's wide overloads and Hall's role have resulted in Gordon playing more central for longer parts of the game, allowing him to work more closely with Kane.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The botched execution has resulted in fresh scrutiny of the secretive supply chain for lethal injection drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In another post, the user wrote that “the Rams coaches started banging on the windows for about 30 seconds after the touchdown which then resulted in the Eagles’ fans turning around and chirping back.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Thanks to all these factors, Eurasia was the continent on which technology started its post-Pleistocene acceleration earliest and resulted in the greatest local accumulation of technologies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

High surf battered parts of Huntington Beach, resulting in localized flooding on streets in the Sunset Beach area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

This exponential move is explained by the record-breaking tanker rates resulting from disruptions to energy shipments in the Strait of Hormuz over the last six months.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Airlines, regulators and aerospace manufacturers have worked to stamp out deadly accidents resulting from overshooting runways, mistakenly flying into terrain or failures in aircraft structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The resulting protein may function as an enzyme, provide structural support, transport molecules, or perform countless other cellular tasks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Today 10 percent of the world’s population suffers from malaria every year, resulting in almost three million deaths.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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