result

result: [[t]rɪzʌ̱lt[/t]]
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results, resulting, resulted

1) N-COUNT: oft as a N A result is something that happens or exists because of something else that has happened.

Compensation is available for people who have developed asthma as a direct result of their work...

A real pizza oven gives better results than an ordinary home oven.

2) VERB If something results in a particular situation or event, it causes that situation or event to happen.

[V in n] Fifty per cent of road accidents result in head injuries...

[V in n] Regular trips back to her adopted motherland have resulted in her first book, Tiger Balm.

3) VERB If something results from a particular event or action, it is caused by that event or action.

[V from n] Many hair problems result from what you eat...

Ignore the early warnings and illness could result.

4) N-COUNT A result is the situation that exists at the end of a contest.

`What was the result?' - `One-nil to Leeds.'...

The final election results will be announced on Friday.

...the football results.

5) N-COUNT A result is the number that you get when you do a calculation.

They found their computers producing different results from exactly the same calculation.

Syn:

answer

6) N-COUNT: usu pl Your results are the marks or grades that you get for examinations you have taken. [mainly BRIT]

Kate's exam results were excellent.
(in AM, usually use scores)

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Synonyms:

Proceed, come, follow, flow, issue, arise, spring, rise, originate, ensue, accrue, be the effect, be derived, Consequence (from a certain combination of causes or from premises), inference, conclusion, deduction, outcome / End, terminate, eventuate, Issue, event, effect, termination, end, fruit, product, consequence, outcome / Decision, resolve, determination, resolution, conclusion

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Result — Single par Nami Tamaki extrait de l’album Speciality Face A Result Face B Making the pride Sortie 3 mai 2006 … Wikipédia en Français
result — I noun aftermath, conclusion, consequence, consequentia, decision, denouement, determination, development, effect, end, eventuality, exitus, finding, fructus, fruit, fruition, harvest, judgment, outcome, outgrowth, output, product, resolution,… … Law dictionary
Result — Re*sult , n. 1. A flying back; resilience. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
result — ► NOUN 1) a consequence, effect, or outcome. 2) an item of information or a quantity or formula obtained by experiment or calculation. 3) a final score, mark, or placing in a sporting event or examination. 4) a satisfactory or favourable outcome … English terms dictionary
Result — Re*sult , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resulting}.] [F. r[ e]sulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See {Resile}.] 1. To leap back; to rebound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The huge… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
result — UK US /rɪˈzʌlt/ noun [C] ● results Cf. results ● as a result of sth Cf. as a result of sth … Financial and business terms
result — • They tried hard to get a result but rain stopped play and the game ended in a draw television news broadcast, 1993. The use of the noun to mean not just an outcome but a favourable outcome, familiar now in the language of sports commentators,… … Modern English usage
result — [n] effect brought about by something aftereffect, aftermath, arrangement, backwash*, by product, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, corollary, creature, crop, decision, denouement, determination, development, emanation,… … New thesaurus
result in — index produce (manufacture) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
result — consequence, *effect, upshot, aftereffect, aftermath, sequel, issue, outcome, event Analogous words: concluding or conclusion, ending or end, closing or close, termination (see corresponding verbs at CLOSE): *product, production Contrasted words … New Dictionary of Synonyms
result — [ri zult′] vi. [ME resulten < ML resultare < L, to spring back, rebound, freq. of resilire, to leap back: see RESILE] 1. to happen or issue as a consequence or effect: often with from [floods resulting from heavy rains] 2. to end as a… … English World dictionary

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