/ɹɪzʌˈlts/ - [rizults] -
We found 3 definitions of results from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: results |
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result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" | ||
resultant, final result, outcome, termination | ||
ending, conclusion, finish the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
denouement the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work | ||
deal the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" | ||
decision the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" | ||
decision the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" | ||
aftermath, consequence the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" | ||
just deserts, poetic justice an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) | ||
separation the act of dividing or disconnecting | ||
sequel, subsequence a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | ||
result - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" | ||
consequence, effect, outcome, event, issue, upshot | ||
phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning | ||
materialisation, materialization, offspring an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | ||
aftereffect any result that follows its cause after an interval | ||
aftermath, backwash, wake the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" | ||
bandwagon effect the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate" | ||
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 product made during the manufacture of something else | ||
change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" | ||
coattails effect (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party; "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election" | ||
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 | ||
dent an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | ||
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) | ||
harvest the season for gathering crops | ||
wallop, impact a severe blow | ||
influence causing something without any direct or apparent effort | ||
knock-on effect a secondary or incidental effect | ||
offshoot, outgrowth, branch, offset a natural consequence of development | ||
product an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" | ||
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; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" | ||
response the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | ||
fallout, side effect the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion | ||
result - a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" | ||
solution, answer, resolution, solvent | ||
statement a document showing credits and debits | ||
result - the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause | ||
resultant role | ||
Verb |
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result - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" | ||
ensue | ||
turn up, prove, turn out establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" | ||
come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
be due, flow from be the result of | ||
fall out, follow have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question" | ||
come after, follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
result - come about or follow as a consequence; "nothing will result from this meeting" | ||
come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" | ||
result - have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" | ||
leave, lead | ||
leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" | ||
give rise, bring about, produce cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching" | ||
lead cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" | ||
leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" |