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result meaning

EN[ɹɪˈzʌlt]
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  • A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed
  • Some types of result are as follows:
  • in general, the outcome of any kind of research, action or phenomenon
  • NounPLresultsPREré-
    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.
      1. the result of a course of action;  the result of a mathematical operation ‎
    2. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
      1. 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.
    3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
      1. OBS A flying back; resilience.
        1. (sports) The final score in a game.
          1. 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. […]”
        2. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
        3. VerbSGresultsPRresultingPT, PPresulted
          1. To proceed, spring or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
            1. To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; followed by in.
              1. 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.
            2. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
              1. OBS To leap back; to rebound.
              2. Interjection
                1. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
                  1. 'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the [ …]
              3. More Examples
                1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                  • I saw a very serious hemorrhage result from relaxation of the uterus on the eleventh day when the puerpera had been frightened by a domestic quarrel.
                  • Succession is a major issue in current pond conservation management since it may eventually result in the loss of valuable habitats due to terrestrialization, especially in eutrophicated systems.
                  • Our results suggest that connectomic inference should proceed in the joint space of the two connectomes, which has significant neuroscientific implications..
                2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                  • Results showed that the SAFV-like sequence appeared to result from intertypic recombination between SAFV2 (major parent: EU681176) and SAFV3 (minor parent: EU681178) (Fig 4 , Table 3 and S2 Table ).
                  • Results showed that supplementation of LipG1significantly improved the gut and heptaopancreas lipase activity of fish fed with palm oil diet.
                  • Results show significant decrease in dansylglycine fluorescence (in HSA-Dansylglycine complex)with increasing concentrations of 4-PBA and Palmitic acid (Fig 4 ).
                3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                  • This mainstream hypothesis of the epileptogenicity of hemosiderin provided strong support to our results.
                  • Still, those constraints need to be considered and discussed explicitly for the sake of clarity and exhaustivity when reporting results.
                  • The officials soon concluded that the easiest way to remain on good terms with the court was to elude responsibility, to tergiversate, to prevent results.

              Meaning of result for the defined word.

              Grammatically, this word "result" is an interjection. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.
              • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                1. Interjections
                  • Nouns
                    • Countable nouns
                    • Verbs
                      • Intransitive verbs
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