Etimology
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”).
verb
result (third-person singular simple present results, present participle resulting, simple past and past participle resulted) (intransitive)
To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
(intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
(law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
(obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
Examples
Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
This measure will result in good or in evil.
United's hopes of mounting a serious response suffered a blow within two minutes of the restart when Evans, who had endured a miserable afternoon, lost concentration and allowed Balotelli to steal in behind him. The defender's only reaction was to haul the Italian down, resulting in an inevitable red card.
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.
the huge round stone, resulting with a bound
Related words
synonyms
(to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence): follow, arise
related terms
resultant
resile
resilient
resilience
noun
result (plural results)
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.
The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
(obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
(sports) The final score in a game.
(by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
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.
Related words
hyponyms
(that which results): primitive, sum, difference, product (mathematics)
interjection
result
(UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
Examples
Synonym: get in
'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the […]
'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 - YES! RESULT.
I wonder what I did...
Hey hey, result!