result

Result is defined as to happen or end in a certain way as a consequence of something else.

(verb)

An example of result is a motorcycle stunt ending with the driver being injured.

The definition of a result is how something ended or the outcome of some action.

(noun)

An example of result is a house that smells of fresh baked bread after baking bread.
An example of result is the answer received in a math calculation.

See result in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to happen or issue as a consequence or effect: often with from: floods resulting from heavy rains
to end as a consequence (in something): heavy rains resulting in floods

Origin: ME resulten < ML resultare < L, to spring back, rebound, freq. of resilire, to leap back: see resile

noun

1. anything that comes about as a consequence or outcome of some action, process, etc.
2. the consequence or consequences desired
the number, quantity, etc. obtained by mathematical calculation; answer to a problem

See result in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb re·sult·ed, re·sult·ing, re·sults

noun

a. The consequence of a particular action, operation, or course; an outcome. See Synonyms at effect.
b. 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English resulten

Origin: , from Medieval Latin resultāre

Origin: , from Latin, to leap back

Origin: , frequentative of resilīre

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots

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