outcome
- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌkoʊm/
- So we are awaiting the outcome of that.
- health outcomes
- student outcomes
- improve outcomes
Bad people should have bad outcomes, bad people should suffer.
- Bad people should have bad outcomes, bad people should suffer.
- You push hard and the outcome is not what you expect.
- So what are the possible outcomes in this two by two grid?
- Do you think that that could change the outcome Potentially?
- What are the possible outcomes to the present protest?
- And what's the outcome of the thought?
- But both of those things were not the outcome that I wanted.
- So having that outcome in mind, right, what do I want?
- So we are awaiting the outcome of that.
- Not the perfect outcome, but the perfect process.
- The point wasn't to freaking guarantee the outcome of elections.
- If we didn't have that, will the market outcome be perfect?
- What would you write your most important outcomes and why?
- But but we don't know the outcome yet.
Examples
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Beyond Syria, there is reason to believe the outcome of the Arab Spring will be positive.
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We were satisfied with the outcome of the litigation.
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You push hard and the outcome is not what you expect.
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What, what would be the best outcome for the school choice movement?
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But both of those things were not the outcome that I wanted.
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The outcome will be the same.
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Fraud did not play a role in the outcome of the election.
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One of you will decide the outcome of the tournament.
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I'm very happy with the outcome of this build.
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The outcome of the experiment confirmed our initial hypothesis.
Synonyms
The outcome of an action or event
A result that happens because of something else
A result of an action or event
A result that happens because of an action or event
The last part of an event, activity, or piece of writing
The final result of a situation that is often unexpected
A final thing made after a process, like a machine or medicine
The final result of a process or event
A result of something happening
The final outcome reached after a process
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Etymology
The word outcome comes from the simple parts out and come, literally meaning 'what comes out' of an action or event. So an outcome is the result or effect you get from doing something.