result
/ɹɪˈzʌlt/ verb B1- To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
- To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about · This measure will result in good or in evil.
- To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
Plural result · He/she/it results · Past resulted · Past participle resulted · -ing form resulting
Verb forms
- Base form
- result
- He/she/it
- results
- Past
- resulted
- Past participle
- resulted
- -ing form
- resulting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Let us have some fresh blood,” he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette.
You perceive that the resulting mixture has the appearance of pure water.
If Bonaparte landed at Naples, the whole coalition would be on foot before he could even reach Piombino; if he land in Tuscany, he will be in an unfriendly territory; if he land in France, it must be with a handful of men, and the result of that is easily foretold, execrated as he is by the population.
“Everything points to the conclusion, sire,” said the minister of police, “that death was not the result of suicide, as we first believed, but of assassination.
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