I hope that this will result in the police finding your car.
•All my effort resulted in nothing at all.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
result in something — reˈsult in sth derived to make sth happen Syn: lead to • The cyclone has resulted in many thousands of deaths. • result in something sb/sth doing sth These policies resulted in many elderly people suffering hardship … Useful english dictionary
result — re|sult1 [ rı zʌlt ] noun *** ▸ 1 something caused by something else ▸ 2 score/name of winner ▸ 3 information obtained ▸ 4 success from actions ▸ 5 financial document ▸ 6 grade on examination 1. ) count or uncount something that is caused… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
result */*/*/ — I UK [rɪˈzʌlt] / US noun Word forms result : singular result plural results 1) [countable/uncountable] something that is caused directly by something else that has happened previously result of: He said the incident was the result of a… … English dictionary
result — 1 /rI zVlt/ noun 1 HAPPENING BECAUSE OF STH (C, U) something that happens or exists because of something that happened before (+ of): One result of the cold weather has been a sharp increase in our heating bill. | Ken s illness is the result of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
result in — re ˈsult in [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they result in he/she/it results in present participle resulting in past tense resulted in … Useful english dictionary
result — [[t]rɪzʌ̱lt[/t]] ♦ results, resulting, resulted 1) N COUNT: oft as a N A result is something that happens or exists because of something else that has happened. Compensation is available for people who have developed asthma as a direct result of… … English dictionary
result — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. consequence, conclusion, outcome, upshot, fruit, effect, product. See judgment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. consequence, issue, event, effect, outcome, end, finish, termination, consummation, completion,… … English dictionary for students
result in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms result in : present tense I/you/we/they result in he/she/it results in present participle resulting in past tense resulted in past participle resulted in result in something to cause something, or to produce… … English dictionary
result — [n] effect brought about by something aftereffect, aftermath, arrangement, backwash*, by product, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, corollary, creature, crop, decision, denouement, determination, development, emanation,… … New thesaurus
result — [ri zult′] vi. [ME resulten < ML resultare < L, to spring back, rebound, freq. of resilire, to leap back: see RESILE] 1. to happen or issue as a consequence or effect: often with from [floods resulting from heavy rains] 2. to end as a… … English World dictionary
Something Up There Likes Me — Something Up There Likes Me is a science fiction short story by Alfred Bester. The story was first published in .Plot introductionThe story is narrated by Stretch , an IBM 2002 mainframe computer at Goddard Space Flight Center.Plot summaryJake… … Wikipedia
