result

[ ri-zuhlt ]

/ rɪˈzʌlt /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR result

1 flow, come, issue.

2 resolve, eventuate.

3 conclusion, issue, end, product, fruit.

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OPPOSITES FOR result

3 cause.

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Idioms about result

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

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”)

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1. See follow. 3. See effect.

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How to use result in a sentence

The former is particularly important to watch because in at least a fifth of the models, the fate of the Senate lies in the Peach State, where a runoff could leave the results up in the air until early January.
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So, if you want your website to have any chance of ranking in search results, you have to make sure that it is designed for mobile users.
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As a result, most of our own minds are shrouded in darkness.
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We can see that Google didn’t return any results for this URL, but our work is not done.
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Amano’s ramen formula is the result of research at the source.
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The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
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The resulting photographs are a celebration, bringing to life the peerless spirit embodied by The Macallan.
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The resulting product included four single-cask variants along with finished pictures of McKidd enjoying a glass of The Macallan.
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The resulting negotiation, they hope, would gut the EPA regulation.
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And when a wedding party attached a GoPro camera to a bottle of the whiskey, the resulting video went viral.
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How, then, are we to explain this extraordinary discrepancy between human power and resulting human happiness?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The resulting coagulum is made up of a meshwork of fibrin fibrils with entangled corpuscles and plaques.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This limitation related, so a court decided, to loss resulting from the nature of the things stored.
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To the weakness resulting from loss of blood was added the knowledge that this time he was trapped without hope of escape.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
This is a very poor plan, and the resulting effect is thoroughly mechanical and unsatisfactory.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller

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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