Definition of "result"

result

/ɹɪˈzʌlt/

verb
third-person singular simple present results, present participle resulting, simple past and past participle resulted
1. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
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  Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
  1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: , published 1720
2. (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
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  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.
  2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport
  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.
  2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
3. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
4. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
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  the huge round stone, resulting with a bound
  1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot
noun
plural results
1. 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.
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  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%.
  2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8837, page 74
2. The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
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  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.
  1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
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  Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
  1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
4. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
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  Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
5. (sports) The final score in a game.
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  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. […]”
  1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court
  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.
  2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎
6. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
interjection
1. (UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
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  'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the […]
  1997, Jane Owen, Camden girls, page 117
  'Yes! Result, Nick!' He heard a distant cheer. 'Right, well I'll give you a ring on Saturday, make the arrangements.
  2002, Lissa Evans, Spencer's List, page 28
  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.
  2006, Trooper 7H, Hong Kong Revisited, page 34
  (picking a lock) I wonder what I did... / (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!
  2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat

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