result

Everyday

1. A result is what you get at the end, like the answer of a sum. tree →
2. A result is what happens because of something else: «as a result of the rain, the game stopped». tree →
3. Results are the scores or marks of a test, game or race. tree →
4. To result in something is to cause it. tree →

In the lessons

the answer of an operation: the result of adding, taking away, multiplying; in science: the result of an experiment is what you find out, written in a table; in sport: the final score; in everyday life: «as a result», «the results are in»; it tells the reader what came after a cause

Examples

• The result of 6 + 7 is 13. tree →
• Write the result in the box. tree →
• Multiply the result by 2. tree →
• The result is 5 less than 20. tree →
• Write the results of your experiment in a table. tree →
• As a result of the snow, school was closed. tree →
• The match result was 2–1 to our team. tree →
• Too much sugar can result in bad teeth. tree →
• We are waiting for the exam results. tree →
• The result is that she becomes petrified herself. tree →

Note

Names the outcome of a step; in chains, «the result» is the number from the step before. Names by operation: sum (add), difference (take away), product (multiply), quotient (divide). In science, a result is what was seen, not what was guessed.

In Jewish tradition

Here it just means what follows from something, as in everyday English. In the primary lessons: the answer of an operation: the result of adding, taking away, multiplying; in science: the result of an experiment is what you find out, written in a table; in sport: the final score; in everyday life: «as a result», «the results are in»; it tells the reader what came after a cause

Examples

• A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The same results would be obtained, according to the Safer Yetzirah, by adding a letter at the end of each combination. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Names the outcome of a step; in chains, «the result» is the number from the step before. Names by operation: sum (add), difference (take away), product (multiply), quotient (divide). In science, a result is what was seen, not what was guessed.