result
Definitions
- That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
- The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
- To occur as a consequence:attend, ensue, follow.
- The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
- To be the cause of:bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off, trigger.
- A flying back; resilience.
- resultado, conclusión.
- The final score in a game.
- To happen as a consequence: damage that resulted from the storm; charges that resulted from the investigation. See Synonyms at follow.
- A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
- To end in a particular way: Their profligate lifestyle resulted in bankruptcy.
- Something that follows naturally from a particular action, operation, or course; a consequence or outcome. See Synonyms at effect.
- Mathematics The quantity or expression obtained by calculation.
- something that ensues from an action, policy, course of events, etc; outcome; consequence
- (Mathematics) a number, quantity, or value obtained by solving a mathematical problem
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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US a decision of a legislative body US
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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Catalàresultat
Cymraegcanlyniad
Eestitulemus
Euskaraondorio
Gaeilgeiarmhairt
עבריתתוצאה
Հայերենարդյունք
Қазақ тілінәтиже
ລາວຜົນຮັບ
Lietuviųrezultatas
Malagasyvokatra
Македонскирезултат
മലയാളംഫലം
Bahasa Melayuakibat
Nederlandsleiden totopbrengstopleverenresultaatresulterentot gevolg hebbenuitkomenuitkomstveroorzakenvrucht
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਨਤੀਜਾ
پښتونتيجه
Portuguêsresultado
Românărezultat
Slovenčinavýsledok
Slovenščinarezultat
Shqiprezultat
Kiswahilitokeo
Türkmençenetije
ئۇيغۇرچەنەتىجە
اردونتیجہ
O'zbekchanatija
isiZuluisithelo
Examples
“the result⟳ of a course of action; the result⟳ of a mathematical operation”
“In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct⟳ marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last⟳ year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post⟳, only 3% bought anything as a result⟳. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.”
“The stories did not seem to me to touch⟳ life. They were plainly intended to have⟳ a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result⟳ for the people at whom they were aimed.”
“Then of their session ended they bid cry⟳ / With trumpet's regal sound⟳ the great result⟳.”
“Sound⟳ is produced between the string and the air by the return⟳ or the result⟳ of the string.”
“It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear⟳ all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern⟳ me. […]””
“The Gunners boss has been heavily criticised for his side's poor start⟳ to the Premier League season but this result⟳ helps lift⟳ the pressure.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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