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Result(medicine)
result(1)(dictionary)
end result(dictionary)
result 2, verb(dictionary)
result 1, noun(dictionary)
result 3, interjection(dictionary)
Irrelevance result(finance)
Irrelevance result(money)
Half Time Result - General(gambling)

bon appetit (oh) and result(1) (iou)


bon appetit (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: bon appetit 'good appetite']
said to someone before they start eating a meal, to tell them you hope they enjoy their Food

result(1) (iou)



result noun. E17.
[from the verb.]
The action of springing back again to a former position or place. rare. Only in E17.
An impulse, an inclination. Only in M17.
A decision or resolution, esp. of a council or assembly. Now US. M17.
New York Law Journal Munder..concurs in the result.
The effect, consequence, issue, or outcome of some action, process, or design. M17.
Law Times The result being that his profits diminished. T. Capote Hospitalized as a result of his..accident.
b. A quantity, formula, etc., obtained by calculation; an item of information obtained by experiment or some Other scientific method. L18.
H. S. M. Coxeter The result is 52, 5, 3.
c. In pl. The outcome of trading over a given period, expressed as a statement of profit or loss announced by a business. L19.
Daily Telegraph Reed's first-half results..are a little disappointing. E. Waugh I have a list of the results..Percy has done extremely well.
d. A final mark, score, or placing in an examination or a sporting event. Usu. in pl. E20.
D. Cusack Their results in Other subjects..are very disappointing.
e. In pl. Satisfactory or favourable consequences (freq. in get results). Also sing., a successful performance against an opponent, esp. in a sporting event; a game which ends with an outright winner as opp. to being drawn. E20.
E. O'Neill Kept my nose to the grindstone...And I got results. J. Snow The wicket most likely to produce a result. Tennis World It was a big win because I didn't have any results before.
resultative adjective & noun (Grammar) (a) adjective expressing result; (b) noun a resultative verb: E20.
resultful adjective having many results; fruitful: L19.
resultless adjective M19.