Result

v. i.	1.	To leap back; to rebound. [imp. & p. p. Resulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resulting.] The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. - Pope.
	2.	To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; - followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
	3.	To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. - Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law) a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc. Resulting use (Law) a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it. - Bouvier.
n.	1.	A flying back; resilience. Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string. - Bacon.
	2.	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; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation. If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result. - Milton.
	3.	The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. Then of their session ended they bid cry With trumpet's regal sound the great result. - Milton.

Noun	1.	result - 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" Synonyms: consequence, effect, upshot, outcome, event, issue
	2.	result - 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" Synonyms: answer, solution, solvent, resolution
	3.	result - something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" Synonyms: final result, outcome, resultant, termination
	4.	result - the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause Synonyms: resultant role
Verb	1.	result - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" Synonyms: ensue
	2.	result - result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" Synonyms: lead, leave

accomplishment, accrue from, aftereffect, aftermath, answer, arise, arise from, artifact, ascertainment, attend, be contingent on, be due to, become of, brainchild, bud from, by-product, child, clearing up, close, coinage, come about, come after, come from, come of, come out, come out of, come to pass, composition, conclude, concoction, consequent, corollary, cracking, creation, creature, crowning achievement, culminate, decipherment, decoding, denouement, depend on, derivation, derivative, derive from, descend from, develop, development, disentanglement, displace, distillate, distillation, emanate, emanate from, emerge, emerge from, end product, end result, ensue, ensue from, essence, event, eventuality, eventuate, eventuation, evolve, explanation, extract, fall out, fare, finding, finding-out, finish, flow from, follow, follow after, follow from, follow up, follow-up, fruit, germinate from, go after, grow from, grow out of, handiwork, hang on, harvest, hinge on, interpretation, invention, issue from, legacy, logical outcome, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, new mintage, occur, offshoot, offspring, opera, opus, opuscule, originate in, origination, outgrowth, overtake, pan out, precipitate, proceed from, product, production, prove, prove to be, reason, replace, resolution, resolving, resultant, riddling, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, solution, solving, sorting out, spring from, sprout from, stem from, succeed, supervene, terminate, termination, track, trail, turn on, turn out, unfold, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, work, work out, working, working-out

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