Meanings
present singular third person results · participle present resulting · participle past resulted · past resulted · first person past singular resulted · archaic present second person singular resultest · past second person singular resulted · archaic past second person singular resultedst · present singular third person results · archaic present singular third person resulteth · past singular third person resulted · past plural resulted · past subjunctive resulted · participle present resulting · participle past resulted
- intransitiveTo 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.
1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC - intransitiveTo have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
This measure will result in good or in evil.
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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.
2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC SportIn plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3 - intransitivelawTo return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
- intransitiveobsoleteTo leap back; to rebound.
the huge round stone, resulting with a bound
1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
plural results
- 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
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But neither poverty, nor uncontrolled production, nor a falling profit rate give ground for believing that capitalism 'must' collapse, still less that the result of its collapse must be a socialist society as described by Marx.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 372In 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%.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74 - 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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - 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.
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLCSynonyms: conclusion, opinion, verdict, edict, resolution, ruling, award, censure
- obsoleteA flying back; resilience.
Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC - hobbiesThe final score in a game.
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.
2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport1 more example
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. […]”
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court - broadlyA positive or favourable outcome for someone.
- UKAn exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
(picking a lock) I wonder what I did... (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!
2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat3 more examples
'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the […]
1997, Jane Owen, Camden girls, page 117'Yes! Result, Nick!' He heard a distant cheer. 'Right, well I'll give you a ring on Saturday, make the arrangements.
2002, Lissa Evans, Spencer's List, →ISBN, page 28I was lucky enough to win by a knock-out in the second round - My opponent was Tpr McAdoo - HQ squadron won by nine fights to three (21pts to 15pts) - YES! RESULT.
2006, Trooper 7H, Hong Kong Revisited, →ISBN, page 34Synonyms: get in
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
nounThe decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
interjectionAn exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
nouna statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
nounsomething that results
nounthe semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
verbissue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinresultare
- Middle Englishresulten
- Englishresult
Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).
More words from Middle English, Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans resultaat
- resultaatthat which results
Arabic تَسَبَّب, نَتِيجَة
- تَسَبَّب (tasabbab)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- نَتِيجَة (natīja)that which results
Basque ondorio
- ondoriothat which results
Bengali ফলাফল, নতীজা
- ফলাফল (pholaphol)that which results
- নতীজা (notija)that which results
Bulgarian произлизам, произтичам
- произлизам (proizlizam)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- произтичам (proiztičam)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- водя до (vodja do)to lead to
- резулта́т (rezultát)that which results
- и́зход (ízhod)that which results
- ефе́кт (efékt)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- резулта́т (rezultát)sports: final score in a game
Catalan resultat
- resultatthat which results
Chinese Cantonese 結果 /结果, 結果 /结果
- 結果 /结果 (git³ gwo²)that which results
- 結果 /结果 (git³ gwo²)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Chinese Mandarin 結果 /结果, 結果 /结果
- 結果 /结果 (jiéguǒ)that which results
- 結果 /结果 (jiéguǒ)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Czech vyplývat, vyplynout
- vyplývatto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- vyplynoutto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- výsledekthat which results
- závěrthat which results
- důsledekthat which results
Danish afstedkomme, medføre
- afstedkommeto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- medføreto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- resultereto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- resultatthat which results
- udfaldthat which results
Dutch veroorzaken, leiden tot
- veroorzakento proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- leiden totto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- tot gevolg hebbento proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- opleverento lead to
- resulterento lead to
- uitkomento lead to
- resultaatthat which results
- uitkomstthat which results
- resultaatfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- opbrengstfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- uitkomstfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- vruchtfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Esperanto rezulti, rezulti
- rezultito proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- rezultito lead to
- rezultothat which results
Estonian tulemus, resultaat
- tulemusthat which results
- resultaatthat which results
Finnish seurata, olla tuloksena
- seuratato proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- olla tuloksenato proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- seuratato lead to
- olla tuloksenato lead to
- tulosthat which results
- seurausthat which results
- tulosfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- vaikutusfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- tulosdecision or determination
- päätösdecision or determination
- tulossports: final score in a game
- tulospositive or favourable outcome
French résulter, causer
- résulterto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- causerto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- résultatthat which results
German Ergebnis, Resultat
- Ergebnisthat which results
- Resultatthat which results
Greek αποτέλεσμα
- αποτέλεσμα (apotélesma)that which results
Hebrew תּוֹצָאָה
- תּוֹצָאָה (totsa'á)that which results
Hindi नतीजा, परिणाम
- नतीजा (natījā)that which results
- परिणाम (pariṇām)that which results
Hungarian eredmény, következmény
- eredménythat which results
- következménythat which results
Icelandic árangur, afleiðing
- árangurthat which results
- afleiðingthat which results
Indonesian hasil, perolehan
- hasilthat which results
- perolehanthat which results
- akibatthat which results
- buahfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- hasilfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Irish iarmhairt
- iarmhairtthat which results
Italian risultare, conseguire
- risultareto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- conseguireto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- risultatothat which results
- esitofruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- effettofruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- conseguenzafruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- risoluzionedecision or determination
- risultatosports: final score in a game
Japanese 結果, 成果
- 結果 (kekka)that which results
- 成果 (seika)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Korean 결과, 성과
- 결과 (gyeolgwa)that which results
- 성과 (seonggwa)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Latin cōnsequor, frūctus
- cōnsequorto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- frūctusthat which results
- prōventusthat which results
- effectusfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- prōventusfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Latvian rezultāts
- rezultātsthat which results
Lithuanian rezultatas
- rezultatasthat which results
Malay terhasil, akibat
- terhasilto lead to
- akibatthat which results
Māori hua, otinga
- huato proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- otingathat which results
- huathat which results
Norwegian Bokmål resultat, utfall
- resultatthat which results
- utfallthat which results
- følgethat which results
- resultatfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- utfallfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Polish wynikać, wyniknąć
- wynikaćto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- wyniknąćto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- kończyć sięto lead to
- skończyć sięto lead to
- rezultatthat which results
- wynikthat which results
Portuguese resultado, resultado
- resultadothat which results
- resultadofruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Punjabi ਨਤੀਜਾ, نَتِیجَہ
- ਨਤੀਜਾ (natījā)that which results
- نَتِیجَہ (natījah)that which results
Romanian rezultat
- rezultatthat which results
Russian проистека́ть, происте́чь
- проистека́ть (proistekátʹ)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- происте́чь (proistéčʹ)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- приводи́ть (privodítʹ)to lead to
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)that which results
- ито́г (itóg)that which results
- исхо́д (isxód)that which results
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- плод (plod)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- проду́кт (prodúkt)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)sports: final score in a game
- счёт (sčot)sports: final score in a game
Scottish Gaelic buil, buil
- builthat which results
- builfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- toradhfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Slovak plynúť, vyplývať
- plynúťto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- vyplývaťto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- výsledokthat which results
- následokthat which results
- záverthat which results
- výsledoksports: final score in a game
- výsledokpositive or favourable outcome
Spanish resultar, saldarse
- resultarto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- saldarseto lead to
- acarrearto lead to
- resultar ento lead to
- resultadothat which results
- resultathat which results
Swahili tokeo, tokeo
- tokeoto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- tokeothat which results
- tokeofruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Swedish leda, resultera (i)
- ledato lead to
- resultera (i)to lead to
- resultatthat which results
- resultatfruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Thai ผล, ผลลัพธ์
- ผล (pǒn)that which results
- ผลลัพธ์ (pǒn-láp)that which results
- ผล (pǒn)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
Turkish sonuçlanmak, sonuç
- sonuçlanmakto proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- sonuçthat which results
- neticethat which results
Ukrainian результа́т, ви́слід
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)that which results
- ви́слід (výslid)that which results
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- плід (plid)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- проду́кт (prodúkt)fruit, beneficial or tangible effect
- результа́т (rezulʹtát)sports: final score in a game
- раху́нок (raxúnok)sports: final score in a game
Urdu نتیجہ, نَتِیجَہ
- نتیجہ (natīja)to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
- نَتِیجَہ (natīja)that which results
Vietnamese kết quả
- kết quảthat which results
Welsh canlyniad
- canlyniadthat which results
Yiddish רעזולטאַט
- רעזולטאַט (rezultat)that which results
Zulu isithelo
- isithelofruit, beneficial or tangible effect
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result. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/result
“result.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/result. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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