OUTCOME DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
outcome n 1: something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination] 2: 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" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) outcome noun Date: 1788 something that follows as a result or consequence <a surprising outcome> <patient outcomes of bypass surgery> Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary outcome ˈautkʌm n. a result; a visible effect. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Outcome \Out"come\, n. That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot. ``The logical outcome.'' --H. Spenser. All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thougth. --J. C. Shairp. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms outcome n. Issue, result, consequence. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) outcome ˈautkʌm n. result, consequence, end (result or product), after-effect, effect, upshot, sequel, development, outgrowth, aftermath, wake, follow-up, Medicine sequela (usually pl. sequelae), Colloq pay-off, bottom line: One outcome of the new safety regulations will be higher fares. We eagerly awaited the outcome of the race. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 133 Moby Thesaurus words for "outcome": accomplishment, aftermath, answer, artifact, ascertainment, avenue, blowhole, brainchild, by-product, channel, child, chute, clearing up, coinage, composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, cracking, creation, creature, crowning achievement, debouch, decipherment, decoding, denouement, departure, derivation, derivative, determination, development, disentanglement, distillate, distillation, door, effect, egress, egression, emunctory, end, end product, end result, escape, essence, estuary, event, eventuality, eventuation, exhaust, exit, exodus, explanation, extract, extraction, finding, finding-out, floodgate, flume, follow-up, forthcoming, fruit, going out, handiwork, harvest, interpretation, invention, issue, legacy, logical outcome, loophole, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, new mintage, offshoot, offspring, opening, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, out, outcoming, outfall, outgate, outgo, outgoing, outgrowth, outlet, pore, port, precipitate, product, production, reason, resolution, resolving, result, resultant, riddling, sally port, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequence, sequent, sluice, solution, solving, sorting out, spiracle, spout, tap, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, wake, way out, weir, work, working, working-out |
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