From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
[en] Recorded since 1432 as [en], from [en], in Classical [en] "to spring
forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of [la], from [la]
+ [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb] [en]
1. To proceed , spring up or rise, as a consequence , from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
2. * [sermon=IV]
3. [en] To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
4. * {{ quote-web | en | date=October 23, 2011 | author=Phil McNulty | work=BBC Sport
|title=Man Utd 1-6 Man City (see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15325536.stm) |passage=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.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2013 | month=May-June | author= Katrina G. Claw (see http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/katrina-g-claw)
|title=Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm (see
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/rapid-evolution-in-eggs-and-sperm)
|volume=101|issue=3|magazine=w:American Scientist |passage=In 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.}}
1. [en] To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion .
2. [en] To leap back; to rebound.
3. * [book=XI]
**** Conjugation
[old=1]
**** Synonyms
- [to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- {{ l | en | resilience
}}
**** Translations
[to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Ido: [io]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
[to lead to]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] (in), [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Ido: [io]
- Malay: [ms]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] [till] , [sv] [i]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-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.
2. * [en]
3. The final product, beneficial or tangible effect (s) achieved by effort.
4. * [chapter=1]
5. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
6. * [passage=Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great RESULT .]
7. [en] A flying back; resilience .
8. * [passage=Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the RESULT of the string.]
9. [en] The final score in a game.
10. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1935 | author= George Goodchild (see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/288354.George_Goodchild)
|title=Death on the Centre Court|chapter=3 |passage=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. […]”}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=September 24, 2011 | author=David Ornstein | title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton
|work=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14958156.stm
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] A positive or favourable outcome for someone.
**** Hyponyms
- [that which results] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] [mathematics]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |as a result|result-oriented |end result |no result |null
result|result type |result noun |resultative |resultful |resultfulness
|resultless |resultlessness |as a result of }}
**** Translations
[that which results]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km] , [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malagasy: [mg]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maore Comorian: [swb]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi:
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] ( [vi] )
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[fruit, beneficial or tangible effect]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Zulu: [zu]
[trans-bottom]
[decision or determination]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Italian: [it]
[trans-bottom]
[flying back; resilience] [trans-bottom]
[sports: final score in a game]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[positive or favourable outcome]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Slovak: [sk]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Italian: [it]
- Kurdish:
- Malayalam: [ml] (2)
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te] (2, 3)
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
*** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] [An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * 2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in _The Beast Below_ (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat:
6. *: _(picking a lock)_ I wonder what I did...
7. *: _(the lock opens)_ Hey hey, RESULT !
*** Anagrams
- [en]