Result
[rɪ'zʌlt]
Definition
(noun.) something that results; 'he listened for the results on the radio'.
(verb.) come about or follow as a consequence; 'nothing will result from this meeting'.
(verb.) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; 'result in tragedy'.
Checked by Joy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To leap back; to rebound.
(v. i.) To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
(v. i.) To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
(n.) A flying back; resilience.
(n.) 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; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.
(n.) The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Edited by Andrea
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Proceed, come, follow, flow, issue, arise, ensue, accrue, be the effect, be derived.[2]. End, terminate.
n. [1]. Consequence (from a certain combination of causes, or from premises), inference, conclusion.[2]. Issue, event, effect.[3]. Decision, resolve, determination, resolution.
Edited by Dwight
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Terminate, end, ensue, eventuate
ANT:Originate, arise, precede, spring, commence, start, begin
SYN:Termination, end, issue, effect, consequence, product, fruit, outcome, upshot,development, conclusion, remainder
ANT:Beginning, commencement, initiative, cause, rise, spring, origin, operation,causation, tendency, production, antecedent, premonition, prognostic,indication
Edited by Cathryn
Definition
v.i. to issue (with in): to follow as a consequence from facts: to rebound: to be the outcome: to terminate.—n. consequence: conclusion: decision: resolution as the result of a council.—n. Resul′tance act of resulting.—adj. Resul′tant resulting from combination.—n. (phys.) a force compounded of two or more forces.—n. Resul′tāte (obs.) a result.—adjs. Result′ful having results or effect; Resul′tive; Result′less without result.—n. Result′lessness.—Resultant tone a tone produced by the simultaneous sounding of two sustained tones; Resulting force a motion which is the result of two or more motions combined.
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Examples
- Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The result is a permanent image--a negative. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sometimes Mr. Claypole faints himself, but the result is the same. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This change took from us the fear of an immediate catastrophe, although we were still anxious as to the final result. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The results were identical. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The results of th is would be the formation of a new species. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Indeed, it would be strange and unaccountable were the results otherwise. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I announced myself and was disposed of with the highly satisfactory results embodied before you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results, the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affections and demolished hopes? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her normal manner among the heathfolk had that reticence which results from the consciousness of superior communicative power. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- So old an art, and so great and continuous a need for its products necessarily must have resulted in much development and progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The intense enthusiasm of this pioneer beekeeper was contagious and resulted in many taking up beekeeping. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It resulted, at any rate, in throwing Lily strangely on her own resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It resulted in securing more advanced positions for all our troops where they were fully covered from the fire of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Every day while I stayed with them, some little plan was proposed which resulted in beneficial enjoyment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A long series of experiments resulted in the invention of the tower dryer with a capacity of three hundred tons per hour. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the purpose of the activity is restricted to ascertaining these qualities, the resulting knowledge is only technical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The latter is the element that we breathe and which passes into the body, there to combine with the impurities resulting from the various life activities. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is great danger of delay resulting in a campaign back to the Ohio River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But in its case, the quality of the resulting knowledge is the controlling factor and not an incident of the activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A fuse is made by combining a number of metals in such a way that the resulting substance has a low melting point and a high electrical resistance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In practice, the wood ashes were boiled in water, which was then strained off, and the resulting filtrate, or lye, was mixed with the fats for soap making. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I think it a case of spectral illusion: I fear, following on and resulting from long-continued mental conflict. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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