Result Definition

rĭ-zŭlt
resulted, resulting, results
verb
resulted, resulting, results
To happen or issue as a consequence or effect.
Floods resulting from heavy rains.
Webster's New World
To end as a consequence (in something)
Heavy rains resulting in floods.
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To proceed, spring or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

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(law) To return to the proprietor (heirs) after a reversion.

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noun
results
Anything that comes about as a consequence or outcome of some action, process, etc.
Webster's New World
The consequence or consequences desired.
Webster's New World
The number, quantity, etc. obtained by mathematical calculation; answer to a problem.
Webster's New World

The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.

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The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
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interjection

(UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

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Other Word Forms of Result

Noun

Singular:
result
Plural:
results

Origin of Result

  • Recorded since 1432, Middle English, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound"), from re- (“back") + salio (“to jump, leap")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English resulten from Medieval Latin resultāre from Latin to leap back frequentative of resilīre re- re- salīre to leap sel- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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