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noun

Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.

n

Definition: consequence, effect
Antonyms: beginning, cause, origin, source

The result or consequence of a performance in terms of success and failure. The outcome may be absolute, as with a team winning by scoring more goals than opponents, or dependent on the perception of particular individuals (see perceived importance).

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom of an act is judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.

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See words rhyming with "outcome."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Outcome.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - udfald, resultat, udslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
resultaat, uitkomst, gevolg

Français (French)
n. - résultat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ergebnis, Resultat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έκβαση, αποτέλεσμα, κατάληξη, λογική ή φυσική συνέπεια

Italiano (Italian)
risultato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - resultado (m), conseqüência (f)

Русский (Russian)
исход

Español (Spanish)
n. - resultado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - resultat, utgång, utfall, följd, utlopp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结果, 后果, 结局

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結果, 後果, 結局

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결과

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結果, 成果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حصيله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תוצאה, תולדה‬

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