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result in

result in verb: to bring about; to lead to.

Verb

result in (third-person singular simple present results in, present participle resulting in, simple past and past participle resulted in)

  1. (idiomatic) To bring about; to lead to.
    • The escalating protests resulted in widespread civil unrest.
    • The West of England Line has long been a Cinderella railway. Decades of patch-and-mend underinvestment have resulted in consistently poor performance.2026 February 18, Paul Clifton, “West of England Line problems laid bare”, in RAIL, number 1055, page 7

Forms of result in

third-person singular presentresults in
present participleresulting in
past participleresulted in
pastresulted in

Questions about result in

What does result in mean?
Result in means to bring about; to lead to.
What part of speech is result in?
Result in is a verb.
What is the past tense of result in?
The past tense of result in is resulted in.

Words near result in in the dictionary

  1. resulfuration
  2. resulfurations
  3. result
  4. result clause
  5. result clauses
  6. result in
  7. result noun
  8. result nouns
  9. result type
  10. result types
  11. result-oriented

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