result
Part of speech: verb
noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
law
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: results
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: result
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: result
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: result
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: resultest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: resultedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: results
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resulteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: result
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: result
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: result
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: resulting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: resulted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: results
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
gloss: To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To leap back; to rebound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: the huge round stone, resulting with a bound
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
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%.
gloss: The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
pos: noun
examples: Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.
gloss: A flying back; resilience.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
gloss: The final score in a game.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
pos: intj
tags: UK
examples: '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 (21pts to 15pts) - YES! RESULT.
(picking a lock) I wonder what I did...
(the lock opens) Hey hey, result!
Related words: resultant
resile
resilient
resilience
Derived words: resultance
result in
resultive
as a result
as a result of
end result
misresult
nonresult
no result
null result
resultative
resultful
resultfulness
resultless
resultlessness
result noun
result-oriented
resultset
result type
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