Result

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: re=sult

CIDE DICTIONARY

Result, v. i. [F. résulter, fr. L. resultare, resultarum, to spring or leap back, v. intens. fr. resilire. See Resile.].

•  To leap back; to rebound.  [1913 Webster]

  "The huge round stone, resulting with a bound."  [1913 Webster]
•  To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.  [1913 Webster]
•  To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.  [1913 Webster]

  "Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life."  [1913 Webster]

Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Bouvier. -- Resulting use (Law), a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. Bouvier.

Syn. -- To proceed; spring; rise; arise; ensue; terminate.

Result, n. 

•  A flying back; resilience.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string."  [1913 Webster]
•  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; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.  [1913 Webster]

  "If our proposals once again were heard,
  We should compel them to a quick result."  [1913 Webster]
•  The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.  [1913 Webster]

  "Then of their session ended they bid cry
  With trumpet's regal sound the great result."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Effect; consequence; conclusion; inference; issue; event. See Effect.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Result, n. & v.
--n.
1 a consequence, issue, or outcome of something.
2 a satisfactory outcome; a favourable result (gets results).
3 a quantity, formula, etc., obtained by calculation.
4 (in pl.) a list of scores or winners etc. in an examination or sporting event.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by from) arise as the actual consequence or follow as a logical consequence (from conditions, causes, etc.).
2 (often foll. by in) have a specified end or outcome (resulted in a large profit).

Idiom

without result in vain; fruitless.

Derivative

resultful adj. resultless adj.

Etymology

ME f. med.L resultare f. L (as RE-, saltare frequent. of salire jump)

THESAURUS

Result

accomplishment, accrue from, aftereffect, aftermath, answer, arise, arise from, artifact, ascertainment, attend, be contingent on, be due to, become of, brainchild, bud from, by-product, child, clearing up, close, coinage, come about, come after, come from, come of, come out, come out of, come to pass, composition, conclude, conclusion, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, cracking, creation, creature, crowning achievement, culminate, decipherment, decoding, denouement, depend on, derivation, derivative, derive from, descend from, determination, develop, development, disentanglement, displace, distillate, distillation, effect, emanate, emanate from, emerge, emerge from, end, end product, end result, ensue, ensue from, essence, event, eventuality, eventuate, eventuation, evolve, explanation, extract, fall out, fare, finding, finding-out, finish, flow from, follow, follow after, follow from, follow up, follow-up, fruit, germinate from, go after, grow from, grow out of, handiwork, hang on, happen, harvest, hinge on, interpretation, invention, issue, issue from, legacy, logical outcome, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, new mintage, occur, offshoot, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, originate in, origination, outcome, outgrowth, overtake, pan out, precipitate, proceed from, product, production, prove, prove to be, reason, replace, resolution, resolving, resultant, riddling, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, solution, solving, sorting out, spring from, sprout from, stem from, succeed, supervene, terminate, termination, track, trail, turn on, turn out, unfold, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, work, work out, working, working-out

ROGET THESAURUS

Result

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, winding up, finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone, keystone, missing link, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.

Effect

N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.

Judgment

N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.