result
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re·sult
(rĭ-zŭlt') 
intr.v., -sult·ed, -sult·ing, -sults.
resultfulness re·sult'ful·ness n.
resultless re·sult'less adj.
intr.v., -sult·ed, -sult·ing, -sults.
- To come about as a consequence. See synonyms at follow.
- To end in a particular way: Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
- The consequence of a particular action, operation, or course; an outcome. See synonyms at effect.
- A favorable or concrete outcome or effect. Often used in the plural: started studying and got immediate results.
- Mathematics. The quantity or expression obtained by calculation.
[Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultāre, from Latin, to leap back, frequentative of resilīre : re-, re- + salīre, to leap.]
resultful re·sult'ful adj.resultfulness re·sult'ful·ness n.
resultless re·sult'less adj.
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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, seems to have its origin in plural uses going back to the 1920s:
Take some of those pamphlets with you to distribute aboard ship. They may bring results.—Eugene O'Neill, 1922.
| restive, restless, restaurateur, responsible | |
| reticent, retiral, retrieve |
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also result in
verb
- To occur as a consequence: attend, ensue, follow. See cause/effect, precede/follow.
phrasal verb - result in
- To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring topasseffect, give rise to,, start/end.
noun
- Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.
- Something worked out to explain, resolve, or provide a method for dealing with and settling a problem: answer, determination, solution. See ask/answer.
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n
Definition: effect brought about by something
Antonyms: cause, source
v
Definition: happen, develop
Antonyms: cause
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IN BRIEF: Something that comes about as an effect or end.
Success as I see it, is a result, not a goal.
— Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
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sign description: The R-hand moves along the top of the B-hand and down along the fingertips.
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A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value and victory. There may be a range of possible outcomes associated with an event depending on the point of view, historical distance or relevance. Reaching no result can mean that actions are inefficient, ineffective, meaningless or flawed.
Some types of result are as follows:
- in general, the outcome of any kind of research, action or phenomenon
- in games (e.g. cricket, lotteries) or wars, the result includes the identity of the victorious party and possibly the effects on the environment
- in mathematics, the final value of a calculation (e.g. arithmetic operation), function or statistical expression, or the final statement of a theorem that has been proven
- in statistics, any information analyzed, extracted or interpolated from polls, tests or logs
- in computer sciences, the return value of a function, state of a system or list of records matching a query (e.g. web search). The result type is the data type of the data returned by a function.
- in science, the outcome of an experiment (e.g. see null hypothesis)
- in forensics and justice, the proof of guilt or innocence of a suspect after evaluating evidence in a criminal investigation
- in economics and accounting, the profit or loss at the end of a fiscal period.
- in democracy, the election of a representative or the outcome of a vote on a subject
In management
In management and related fields, a result is a piece of information that has certain properties in absolute terms or in relation to previous results or settings:
| impact | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| positive (+) | neutral (0) | negative (-) | |
| profitability | profit | balance | loss |
| contest | win | tie | loss |
| confrontation | victory | armistice | defeat |
| competition | success | no change | failure |
| change | increase | stagnation | decrease |
| causality | direct | random | indirect |
| reliability | reliable | undetermined | unreliable |
| credibility | confirmed / verified | unknown | denied / falsified |
| consistency | consistent | equivalent | inconsistent |
| sensitivity | public / open | unclassified | classified / secret |
| accuracy | accurate / true | undefined / null | inaccurate / false |
| relevance | important | normal | negligible / meaningless |
In quality assurance
In quality assurance the following formula is sometimes used:
- result = quality * acceptanceפּע
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Result
Dansk (Danish)
n. - resultat, følgevirkning, effekt, konklusion
v. intr. - resultere, føre til
Nederlands (Dutch)
resultaat, gevolg, uitkomst
Français (French)
n. - résultat, (Sport) victoire, (Math) résultat
v. intr. - résulter (de), découler (de)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ergebnis, Resultat
v. - resultieren, folgen, zur Folge haben
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποτέλεσμα, έκβαση, (μτφ.) επίπτωση, συνέπεια
v. - απολήγω, αποβαίνω, καταλήγω, έχω ως αποτέλεσμα
Italiano (Italian)
risultato, soluzione, punteggio
Português (Portuguese)
n. - resultado (m), conseqüência (f), efeito (m)
v. - resultar
Русский (Russian)
результат, исход, итог, счет, выходить, кончаться тем, приводить
Español (Spanish)
n. - resultado, consecuencia
v. intr. - resultar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - resultat, utgång, (mat) facit
v. - resultera
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结果, 计算结果, 成效, 发生, 产生, 导致
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結果, 計算結果, 成效
v. intr. - 發生, 產生, 導致, 結果
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결과, 결정, 성적
v. intr. - 결과로서 일어나다, 생기다, 유래하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結果, 成り行き, 結末, 成果
v. - 結果として生ずる, 帰着する
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) نتيجه, ثمرة (فعل) ينتج, ينشأ عع
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תוצאה, ניצחון
v. intr. - הסתיים, בא כתוצאה, קרה, נבע
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