result

Forms

1.To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
- Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
2.To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
- This measure will result in good or in evil.
- In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
3.To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
- Are you satisfied with the result?

1.The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
- 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.
2.The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
- Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
3.The final score in a game.
- 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.
4.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.

1.An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
- 'Yes! Result, Nick!' He heard a distant cheer. 'Right, well I'll give you a ring on Saturday, make the arrangements.
- I was lucky enough to win by a knock-out in the second round - My opponent was Tpr McAdoo - HQ squadron won by nine fights to three (21pts to 15pts) - YES! RESULT.

Very common· #376

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten

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”).