Usually means: Outcome derived from actions taken.
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  1. result: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. result: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. result: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  11. result: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Result, result: Dictionary.com
  13. result (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. result: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Result (cricket), Result (disambiguation), Result (schooner), Result: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  20. result: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. RESULT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. result: Free Dictionary
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  26. result: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
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Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. result: Law.com Dictionary
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  3. result: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. result: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. result: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. result: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. result: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. result: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Result: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
verb:  (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
verb:  (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
verb:  (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
noun:  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.
noun:  The final product, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
noun:  The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
noun:  (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
noun:  (sports) The final score in a game.
noun:  (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

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