result

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  2. noun a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
  3. noun something that results

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

consequence, effect, outcome, event, issue, upshot

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