result

[ ri-zuhlt ]

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verb (used without object)

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

to terminate or end in a specified manner or thing.

noun

something that happens as a consequence; outcome.

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

Often results. a desirable or beneficial consequence, outcome, or effect: We had definite results within weeks.

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

Origin of result

1375–1425; late Middle English resulten (v.) < 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)

SYNONYMS FOR result

1. flow, come, issue. See follow. 2. resolve, eventuate. 3. conclusion, issue, end, product, fruit. See effect.

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ANTONYMS FOR result

3. cause.

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The rebels though seemed somewhat chastened by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago.
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The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.
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As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
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Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
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Men and women who become infertile as a result of chemotherapy could also regain their reproductive capabilities.
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That was the result, he thought, of his absurd whim of loitering about Berry town.
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Sure of the result, he pressed with his finger tips upon the lower end of that short piece of board.
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They were driven out as the result of a Russian counterattack.
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From the blood, thus imperfectly purified, may result kidney troubles and various diseases of the liver and the stomach.
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On the 14th November, 1913, Mr. Summers died of blood poisoning, the result of cutting a corn with a blunt razor.
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British Dictionary definitions for result

result

/ (rɪˈzʌlt) /

noun

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

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

US a decision of a legislative body

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

a favourable result, esp a victory or success

verb (intr)

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

(foll by in) to issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc); endto result in tragedy

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

Word Origin for result

C15: from Latin resultāre to rebound, spring from, from re- + saltāre to leap

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Word Origin and History for result

result

early 15c., "occur as a result, arise as a consequence," from Medieval Latin resultare "to result," in classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound," frequentative of past participle of resilire "to rebound" (see resilience). Related: Resulted; resulting.

result

1620s, "action of springing back;" 1640s, "outcome, effect," from result (v.). Related: Results. Mathematical sense from 1771.

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