upshot
17
6.3
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌʃɑt/
:
resultado
- The meeting was long and complicated, but the upshot is that we finally reached an agreement.
- the practical upshot
What would be The upshot of a suit like this being successful?
- What would be The upshot of a suit like this being successful?
- So what is going to be The upshot of this?
- And The upshot of that click was a mercy update.
- And that is The upshot of of this kind of constant discounting.
Examples
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We're looking at the ones where there might be some sort of practical upshot or application.
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So what is The upshot of this?
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What would be The upshot of a suit like this being successful?
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Anyway, the upshot is that he talked his way back in.
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And what was the upshot of it?
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And what has the financial upshot of all this been?
Fiction book (1993) -
So The upshot of this story was the cat was perfectly fine, no problem.
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But what is the upshot in the situation we are considering?
Fiction book (1992) -
The upshot was that she helped organize an occupation of the administration building.
Fiction book (1996) -
Whatever the truth, the upshot was the same: a direct assault on the national identity espoused by the CCP.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The outcome of an action or event
∞
2.3
A result that happens because of something else
874
4.1
A result of an action or event
770
2.1
The result of an action or event
Antonyms
How Significant
38
3.7
104
3.7
100
4.2
17
6.3
770
2.1
20
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Upshot comes from the simple parts up and shot, and it originally meant the 'final shot' in a game or fight. That's why today upshot means the 'final result' or conclusion of a process.