resulted; resulting; results
1
a
: to proceed or arise as a consequence, effect, or conclusion
death resulted from the disease
b
: to have an issue or result
the disease resulted in death
2
1
2
: something obtained by calculation or investigation
Examples of result in a Sentence
Verb
If you take this drug, side effects may result.
Noun
The book is the result of years of hard work and dedication.
The end result of his work was a classic American novel.
The investigation continued without result.
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The process produced uniform, reproducible results, paving the way for mass production of catalysts fit for seawater electrolysis.
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Verb
Wendt thought that the unknotting number of the resulting knot should always be the sum of the unknotting numbers of the two original knots.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
Britt Cudaback, spokesperson for Evers, blamed lawmakers for the resulting closures.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
According to the company, multiple benchmark results showed that its model’s overall performance surpassed that of Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek’s latest reasoning model.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The process produced uniform, reproducible results, paving the way for mass production of catalysts fit for seawater electrolysis.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Result.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/result. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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result
1 of 2 verb
re·sult
ri-ˈzəlt 
1
: to come about as an effect, consequence, or conclusion
disease results from infection
2
: to have as an effect
the disease results in death
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