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re·sult (rĭ-zŭlt')
intr.v., -sult·ed, -sult·ing, -sults.
  1. To come about as a consequence. See synonyms at follow.
  2. To end in a particular way: Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
n.
    1. The consequence of a particular action, operation, or course; an outcome. See synonyms at effect.
    2. A favorable or concrete outcome or effect. Often used in the plural: started studying and got immediate results.
  1. 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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