n.
- a consequence, effect, or outcome.
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also results)
a satisfactory outcome:
persistence guarantees results.
- an item of information or a quantity or formula obtained by experiment or calculation.
- a final score, mark, or placing in a sporting event or examination.
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(usu. results)
the outcome of a business's trading over a given period, expressed as a statement of profit or loss.
v.
occur or follow as a result.
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(result in)
have (a specified end or outcome).
Etymology
ME: from med. L. resultare ‘to result’, earlier ‘spring back’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + saltare (frequentative of salire ‘to jump’).