result
verb/rɪˈzʌlt/
/rɪˈzʌlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they result | /rɪˈzʌlt/ /rɪˈzʌlt/ |
| he / she / it results | /rɪˈzʌlts/ /rɪˈzʌlts/ |
| past simple resulted | /rɪˈzʌltɪd/ /rɪˈzʌltɪd/ |
| past participle resulted | /rɪˈzʌltɪd/ /rɪˈzʌltɪd/ |
| -ing form resulting | /rɪˈzʌltɪŋ/ /rɪˈzʌltɪŋ/ |
- result in something to make something happen
- A heavy frost could result in loss of the crop.
- They expect the changes to result in a definite improvement.
- The campaign resulted in significant sales increases.
- The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths.
- This move will inevitably result in the loss of a lot of jobs.
- result in somebody/something doing something These policies resulted in many elderly people suffering hardship.
- All these things will ultimately result in you losing weight.
Language Bank causecauseX causes Y- Childhood obesity can cause/lead to long-term health problems.
- Changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years have caused/led to/resulted in a sharp increase in childhood obesity.
- Several factors, including changes in diet and lifestyle, have contributed to the increase in childhood obesity.
- Research suggests that fast food and soft drinks directly contribute to childhood obesity.
- Genetics, lifestyle and diet are all important factors in cases of childhood obesity.
- Even small changes in lifestyle and diet can bring about significant weight loss.
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb1- Reviews of the policy have not resulted in any changes.
- Purchasing used equipment can result in a 50% cost reduction.
- Complacency could easily result in tragedy.
- Such measures are likely to result in decreased motivation of the workforce.
- The case was thought unlikely to result in a conviction.
- The charges could have potentially resulted in a death sentence.
- It's true that a sudden shock can result ultimately in hair loss or greying.
- the approach that is most certain to result in failure
- A claim will likely result in higher insurance premiums.
- This is a situation which usually results in one of the kids crying.
- He laughed all the way through the performance, which resulted in him getting the sack.
- The film encountered numerous production problems, resulting in it running behind schedule.
- The murder resulted in a number of steps being taken to increase security.
- [intransitive] to happen because of something else that happened first
- When water levels rise, flooding results.
- result from something job losses resulting from changes in production
- It was a large explosion and the resulting damage was extensive.
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb2- Distortion of the glass could result from abrupt changes in air temperature.
- pollution resulting from the use of chemical fertilizers
- Data loss may result from a system failure.
- About 87 percent of lung cancers are thought to result from smoking.
- These problems often result from lack of knowledge or understanding.
- Consider the negative consequences which have resulted from their actions.
- If the weight is excessive, structural damage could result.
- If victims of severe poisoning are not treated immediately, death will usually result.
- These fires cause hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage—not to mention the distress and upheaval that inevitably results.
- When people suffer from trauma, self-destructive or aggressive behavior often results.
- Her parents interfere, and problems result.
- Niven was fouled in the box and Bamber equalised from the resulting penalty.
- He lost his job, and the resulting financial strain put pressure on his marriage.
- In the resulting chaos the dog escaped.
- The company is closing six stores with a resulting loss of 400 jobs.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from medieval Latin resultare ‘to result’, earlier in the sense ‘spring back’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + saltare (frequentative of salire ‘to jump’). The noun dates from the early 17th cent.
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