result
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.
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.
Idioms about result
get results, to obtain a notable or successful result or response; be effective.
Origin of result
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How to use result in a sentence
The result of all this was an ending to the plot that fans could be satisfied with — though the final episode arguably wasn’t the story’s proper ending, which actually came in the episode right before the finale.
Supernatural’s bonkers series finale marked the end of an era of fandom | Aja Romano | November 20, 2020 | VoxA single case is unlikely to be the result of in-school transmission — meaning students and teachers don’t appear to be catching covid from each other.
Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data explains why. | Emily Oster | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostAfter the test results, the couple isolated from one another and the outside world.
As her partner struggles with covid-19, a quarantined Rachel Maddow pleads: ‘Don’t get this thing’ | Katie Shepherd | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostAs a result, the office reorganized its civil rights unit to allow its eight to 10 attorneys, along with investigators and paralegals, to jointly investigate such cases.
Federal prosecutors will not press charges against D.C. officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Deon Kay | Keith L. Alexander, Peter Hermann | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostOr, you know, the Democrats could be joined by one of the other Republican senators who might be a little freaked out at the idea that the results of an election could be undone through extra-democratic machinations.
Just because an attempt to steal an election is ludicrous and ham-handed doesn’t mean it can’t work | Philip Bump | November 19, 2020 | Washington Post
There are so many factors at play, but in the end, the culmination of them resulted in your death.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the type of fall that should have resulted in bruises and maybe a sprained ankle.
Moreover, the crippling restrictions resulted in the North partially shutting down weapons programs for lack of funds.
U.S. Should Make North Korea Pay for Sony Hack | Gordon G. Chang | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of his projects resulted in a new road from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to the monuments at Meroe.
On August 27, 1776, the Battle of Brooklyn resulted in some monumental maneuvers by both the Patriots and the Red Coats.
The British Royals Reinvade Brooklyn: William and Kate Come Watch Basketball on Historic Battle Site | Justin Jones | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the one quintal that resulted therefrom, they incorporated on the said day one libra of quicksilver.
They spoke so many different languages that a Babel-like confusion resulted.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThis action aroused Governor Berkeley who immediately considered Bacon a traitor, and a civil war or rebellion resulted.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyNow it will be as well here to inquire what good has ever resulted from this belief in what is commonly understood to be a ghost?
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankFennefos reasoned with and rebuked them; but although they listened, smiled, and thanked him, no change resulted.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
British Dictionary definitions for result
/ (rɪˈzʌlt) /
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
(often foll by from) to be the outcome or consequence (of)
(foll by in) to issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc); end: to 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
Origin of result
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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