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say it: ri-ZUHLT
result is a noun and verb meaning "a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon". It carries 7 recorded senses.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
“the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise”
“his decision had depressing consequences for business”
“he acted very wise after the event”
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
“they were trying to find a peaceful solution”
“the answers were in the back of the book”
“he computed the result to four decimal places”
something that results
“he listened for the results on the radio”
the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for result come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.