Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An end result; a consequence. synonym: effect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A going forth; a marauding expedition; incursion; inroad. Compare
outroad . - noun That which comes out of or results from something else; issue; result.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.
- noun A positive result or consequence.
- noun probability theory The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
- noun education The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- noun something that results
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hesitate to classify this under the Florida GOP Police Blotter given the outcome of the situation, but there's no doubt it would be there but for said outcome*, so here we go.
Archive 2007-09-02 Sinfonian 2007
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I hesitate to classify this under the Florida GOP Police Blotter given the outcome of the situation, but there's no doubt it would be there but for said outcome*, so here we go.
Florida GOP Police Blotter #5: St. Pete City Council chair commits suicide Sinfonian 2007
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And he realized that he had contributed to the successful outcome or issue of the experiments (_outcome?
This Crowded Earth Robert Bloch 1955
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NOGUCHI: Sharga says he thinks the main outcome is that the delays will simply prolong an already protracted housing crisis.
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NOGUCHI: Sharga says he thinks the main outcome is that the delays will simply prolong an already protracted housing crisis.
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NOGUCHI: Sharga says he thinks the main outcome is that the delays will simply prolong an already protracted housing crisis.
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CJ outcome is short for a Criminal Justice outcome – ie a formal sanction. on August 10, 2009 at 10: 06 am billymehan
Police Use Naughty Word *SHOCK* « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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While Dean admits that his latest decision to continue his campaign regardless of the Wisconsin outcome is an "obvious contradiction," he's only halfway to the truth.
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While Dean admits that his latest decision to continue his campaign regardless of the Wisconsin outcome is an "obvious contradiction," he's only halfway to the truth.
2 for 3 so far... 2004
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While Dean admits that his latest decision to continue his campaign regardless of the Wisconsin outcome is an "obvious contradiction," he's only halfway to the truth.
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