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.
- get results, to obtain a notable or successful result or response; be effective.
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emerge, derive, end, appear, rise, culminate, emanate, stem, produce, arise, follow, grow, ensue, occur, proceed, finish, attend, conclude, terminate, originateExamples from the Web for resulting
Contemporary Examples of resulting
The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
The resulting product included four single-cask variants along with finished pictures of McKidd enjoying a glass of The Macallan.
The Restaurant, Flask, And Photography Worthy of The Macallan WhiskyDecember 16, 2014
The resulting photographs are a celebration, bringing to life the peerless spirit embodied by The Macallan.
The Restaurant, Flask, And Photography Worthy of The Macallan WhiskyDecember 16, 2014
The resulting negotiation, they hope, would gut the EPA regulation.
And when a wedding party attached a GoPro camera to a bottle of the whiskey, the resulting video went viral.
Historical Examples of resulting
He was 65 feet up in the air when the collapse occurred, resulting in his death.
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
There is some sericite present, also magnetite, resulting from the decomposition of the biotite.
The Long Labrador TrailDillon Wallace
The resulting curve, the circle, is therefore the least beautiful of all curves.
Modern Painters Volume II (of V)John Ruskin
This training and the resulting character are the pre-requisites of all race progress.
The Negro FarmerCarl Kelsey
There was nothing exceptional about it, terrible as have been the disasters now and then resulting.
Two ArrowsWilliam O. Stoddard
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
- (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
Word Origin and History for resulting
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.