Collocations for "outcome"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "outcome" in context.
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outcome
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [likely, probable, expected, predicted, logical, usual, final, hoped-for] outcome
- the [most, least] [likely] outcome
- a [surprising, pleasing, satisfactory, negative, poor] outcome
- were expecting a [better, more insightful] outcome
- a [similar, potential] outcome
- is one possible outcome
- the outcome is hanging in the [balance, air]
- the outcome is [uncertain, unresolved]
- it had [little, no] [effect, bearing] on the outcome
- don't [focus on, worry about] the outcome
- the outcome of the [interview, talks, treatment, negotiations, experiment, study]
- what was the outcome of your [interview]?
'outcome' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accept
- accurately
- achieve
- actor
- affect
- agreeable
- amazing
- approve
- astonished
- blame
- blunt
- call
- care
- control
- counter
- decide
- depend
- desirable
- detach
- determine
- direct
- disagree
- dispute
- divine
- document
- doubt
- envision
- eventual
- exact
- expect
- feud
- final
- foresee
- foreseeable
- gamble
- highly
- hinge
- ideal
- implication
- inevitable
- jealous
- jinx
- likely
- mad
- null
- outrage
- patient
- possible
- predict
- predictable