Meaning of OUTCOME
| Pronunciation: | | 'awt`kum
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- [n] something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
- [n] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | consequence, effect, event, final result, issue, result, result, resultant, termination, upshot |
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| | See Also: | | aftereffect, aftermath, aftermath, backwash, branch, brisance, butterfly effect, byproduct, by-product, change, coattails, coattails effect, conclusion, consequence, Coriolis effect, deal, decision, denouement, dent, ending, finish, harvest, impact, influence, just deserts, knock-on effect, materialisation, materialization, offset, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, phenomenon, placebo effect, poetic justice, position effect, product, repercussion, response, reverberation, separation, sequel, side effect, spillover, subsequence, wake, worst | |
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| | Definition: | | \Out"come\, n.
That which comes out of, or follows from, something else;
issue; result; consequence; upshot. ``The logical outcome.''
--H. Spenser.
All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct
outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and
thougth. --J. C.
Shairp.
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| | Related Terms: | | accomplishment, aftermath, answer, artifact, ascertainment, avenue, blowhole, brainchild, by-product, channel, child, chute, clearing up, coinage, composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corollary, cracking, creation, creature, crowning achievement, debouch, decipherment, decoding, denouement, departure, derivation, derivative, determination, development, disentanglement, distillate, distillation, door, effect, egress, egression, emunctory, end, end product, end result, escape, essence, estuary, event, eventuality, eventuation, exhaust, exit, exodus, explanation, extract, extraction, finding, finding-out, floodgate, flume, follow-up, forthcoming, fruit, going out, handiwork, harvest, interpretation, invention, issue, legacy, logical outcome, loophole, manufacture, masterpiece, masterwork, mintage, new mintage, offshoot, offspring, opening, opera, opus, opuscule, origination, out, outcoming, outfall, outgate, outgo, outgoing, outgrowth, outlet, pore, port, precipitate, product, production, reason, resolution, resolving, result, resultant, riddling, sally port, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequence, sequent, sluice, solution, solving, sorting out, spiracle, spout, tap, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, wake, way out, weir, work, working, working-out |
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