results

Noun

result (plural results)

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
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.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
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.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...

   Synonyms:

   conclusion, opinion, verdict, edict, resolution, ruling, award, censure, choice, decision

4. (obsolete) A 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...
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. […]”1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court
6. (broadly) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

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