result
A result is something that occurs as a consequence of some action. The result of your practical joke is a puddle of water on the floor and a lump on your cousin’s head where the bucket hit him.
A result is also the answer to some problem, especially one obtained by calculation or experimentation. The result you get for a math problem will be wrong if you add when you should multiply. The verb result means to follow as an outcome of some action. If you forget to book a room in advance, it will result in your having to stay at the hotel by the airport instead of one by the beach.
Definitions of result
something that results
“he listened for the
results on the radio”-
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final result, outcome, resultant, termination-
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denouementthe outcome of a complex sequence of events
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dealthe type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
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decisionthe outcome of a game or contest
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decision(boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
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aftermath, consequencethe outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
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just deserts, poetic justicean outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
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separationthe termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
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sequel, subsequencesomething that follows something else
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worstthe least favorable outcome
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fair deal, square dealfair treatment
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raw dealunfair treatment
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split decisiona boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous
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corollarya practical consequence that follows naturally
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comeupance, comeuppance, desertsan outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
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fruitthe consequence of some effort or action
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sequellaa secondary consequence
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traina series of consequences wrought by an event
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payoff, reward, wagesa recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
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conclusion, ending, finishevent whose occurrence ends something
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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materialisation, materialization, offspringsomething that comes into existence as a result
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aftereffectany result that follows its cause after an interval
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aftermath, backwash, wakethe consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
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bandwagon effectthe phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
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brisancethe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
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butterfly effectthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
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by-product, byproducta secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
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changethe result of alteration or modification
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coattails effect(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
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Coriolis effect(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
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dentan appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
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domino effectthe consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
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harvestthe consequence of an effort or activity
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impact, wallopa forceful consequence; a strong effect
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influencethe effect of one thing (or person) on another
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knock-on effecta secondary or incidental effect
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branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowtha natural consequence of development
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producta consequence of someone’s efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
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placebo effectany effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person’s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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position effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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repercussion, reverberationa remote or indirect consequence of some action
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responsea result
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fallout, side effectany adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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spillover(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
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perturbation(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
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purchasea means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
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winda tendency or force that influences events
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reactiona response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude
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epiphenomenona secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
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depolarisation, depolarizationa loss of polarity or polarization
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phenomenonany state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
“result in tragedy”-
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ensue-
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comehappen as a result
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be due, flow frombe the result of
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fall out, followcome as a logical consequence; follow logically
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come after, followcome after in time, as a result
come about or follow as a consequence
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come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take placecome to pass
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come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
have as a result or residue
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leadtend to or result in
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entail, implicateimpose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
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necessitatecause to be a concomitant
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achieve, beget, bring about, give rise, producecause to happen, occur, or exist
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lead
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
“he computed the
result to four decimal places”-
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answer, resolution, solution, solvent-
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denouementthe final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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statementa message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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denouement
the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
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resultant role-
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participant role, semantic role(linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
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participant role, semantic role
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