result

UK /ɹɪˈzʌlt/ US /ɹɪˈzʌlt/
noun 5verb 4intj 1

Definitions

verb

1

To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.

2

To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

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.

3

To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.

4

To leap back; to rebound.

the huge round stone, resulting with a bound

noun

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.

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%.

2

The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.

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.

Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.

4

A flying back; resilience.

Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.

5

The final score in a game.

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.

intj

1

An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

'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.

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