Collocations for "result"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "result" in context.
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result
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [election, match, lottery, test, exam] results
- got my [test, exam] results (back)
- (accurately) predict the [election] results
- the results of the [election]
- the [full, half, extra] -time result
- the [final, provisional, definitive] result
- achieved a [great, poor, fair, fantastic] result
- the [expected, anticipated, predicted] results
- [conclusive, irrefutable, undeniable] results
- the final result was [1-0, 3-2]
- (not) the result we were [hoping for, expecting, counting on]
- the result of [your hard work, his actions, her negligence]
- [read, send, hand, give] out the results
- [compile, analyze, scrutinize, investigate, announce] the results
- the [detergent, cleaning product] gives amazing results
- the [coach, manager] was sacked for poor results
- [pay, incentives, contracts] based on results
- I consider that a result!
- with the result that
- result in [injury, death, overdose]
- resulted in his [death, demise]
- resulted in [several, many] cases of
- resulted in [hypothermia, the deaths of many, poor performance]
- resulting in [increased, decreased]
- resulted in the [outcome, creation, discovery] of
- [could, might, will] result in
- [likely, unlikely, odds on] to result in
- [eventually, ultimately] resulted in
- the [change, alteration] resulted in
- resulting from the [death, lose, actions] of
- resulted from [lack of]
- resulted [primarily, mainly] from
- resulted due to [lack of]
- resulted through [lack of, exposure to]
- it resulted that he was [innocent, guilty]
'result' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
academic
- achieve
- amazing
- attend
- bad off
- balance
- brawl
- budget
- call
- celebrity
- chiefly
- childhood
- combination
- comply
- consumption
- contest
- context
- conversion
- cooling
- count
- coup
- creep
- decrease
- desirable
- despair
- deviation
- direct
- disappointed
- discovery
- discrepancy
- discussion
- disease
- disregard
- distraction
- disturbance
- divine
- downfall
- downturn
- driving
- end
- exact
- exam
- expectation
- experiment
- exposure
- failure
- famine
- final
- fix
- flooding