RESULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does result mean? 

• RESULT (noun)
  The noun RESULT has 4 senses:

1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

2. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

3. something that results

4. the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

  Familiarity information: RESULT used as a noun is uncommon.

• RESULT (verb)
  The verb RESULT has 3 senses:

1. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

2. produce as a result or residue

3. come about or follow as a consequence

  Familiarity information: RESULT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESULT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot

Context example:

he acted very wise after the event

Hypernyms ("result" is a kind of...):

phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "result"):

impact; wallop (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)

dent (an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening))

influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)

knock-on effect (a secondary or incidental effect)

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth (a natural consequence of development)

product (a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances)

placebo effect (any 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)

position effect ((genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome)

repercussion; reverberation (a remote or indirect consequence of some action)

response (a result)

fallout; side effect (any adverse and unwanted secondary effect)

spillover ((economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure)

domino effect (the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall))

materialisation; materialization; offspring (something that comes into existence as a result)

aftereffect (any result that follows its cause after an interval)

aftermath; backwash; wake (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event))

bandwagon effect (the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity)

brisance (the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion)

butterfly effect (the 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)

by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)

change (the result of alteration or modification)

coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)

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)

harvest (the consequence of an effort or activity)

Derivation:

result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

result (produce as a result or residue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

answer; resolution; result; solution; solvent

Context example:

he computed the result to four decimal places

Hypernyms ("result" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "result"):

denouement (the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that results

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination

Context example:

he listened for the results on the radio

Hypernyms ("result" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "result"):

denouement (the outcome of a complex sequence of events)

deal (the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement))

decision (the outcome of a game or contest)

decision ((boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred)

aftermath; consequence (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)

separation (the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal))

sequel; subsequence (something that follows something else)

worst (the least favorable outcome)

Derivation:

result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

result; resultant role

Hypernyms ("result" is a kind of...):

participant role; semantic role ((linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause)

• RESULT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they result    ... he / she / it results   
Past simple: resulted   
Past participle: resulted   
-ing form: resulting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

ensue; result

Context example:

result in tragedy

Hypernyms (to "result" is one way to...):

prove; turn out; turn up (be shown or be found to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "result"):

come (happen as a result)

be due; flow from (be the result of)

fall out; follow (come as a logical consequence; follow logically)

come after; follow (come after in time, as a result)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

result (something that results)

result (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

resultant (the final point in a process)

resultant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produce as a result or residue

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

lead; leave; result

Context example:

Her blood left a stain on the napkin

Hypernyms (to "result" is one way to...):

bring about; give rise; produce (cause to happen, occur or exist)

Verb group:

leave (act or be so as to become in a specified state)

leave (have left or have as a remainder)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "result"):

lead (tend to or result in)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

result (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

resultant (something that results)

resultant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come about or follow as a consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

nothing will result from this meeting

Hypernyms (to "result" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Harker was the only one who had any result, and we are in great hopes that his clue may be an important one.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

After waiting a few moments he said, and as if it were the result of immediate feeling, "It is a period, indeed! Eight years and a half is a period."

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

And what is the result of your investigations?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I rushed from the horrible scene, ran from the house, and only next morning in the paper did I learn the dreadful result.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was not the result of any convulsion, as in the case of the ascending tunnel.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he dragged the result of his day's hunt into the cave, the she-wolf inspected it, turned her muzzle to him, and lightly licked him on the neck.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The result of her observations was not agreeable.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

An artifact that results when an imaging agent is not absorbed or metabolized at the expected rate.

(Abnormal Uptake Kinetics, NCI Thesaurus)

And you felt self-satisfied with the result of your ardent labours?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)