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(rĭ-zŭlt') pronunciation
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.


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.

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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

  1. 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.
  2. Something worked out to explain, resolve, or provide a method for dealing with and settling a problem: answer, determination, solution. See ask/answer.


n

Definition: effect brought about by something
Antonyms: cause, source

v

Definition: happen, develop
Antonyms: cause

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Something that comes about as an effect or end.

pronunciation Success as I see it, is a result, not a goal. — Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Result.

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 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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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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