result
[ri-zuhlt]
- 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.
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- 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.
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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)
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3. cause.
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Contemporary Examples
The rebels though seemed somewhat chastened by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago.
The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.
As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
Men and women who become infertile as a result of chemotherapy could also regain their reproductive capabilities.
Historical Examples
But the result was achieved only at a cost which the little party could ill sustain.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
This is a record and result that no careful student of our history will, I take it, deny.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
As a result the grain in the Egyptian markets had greatly increased in value.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
It is not the name of the action, but the result of the action, which is the chief concern.
As one result of this, our Navy ranks larger, in comparison, than it ever did before.
result
- 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
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- (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
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin resultāre to rebound, spring from, from re- + saltāre to leap
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Word Origin and History for result
v.
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.
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n.
1620s, "action of springing back;" 1640s, "outcome, effect," from result (v.). Related: Results. Mathematical sense from 1771.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper