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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1432–50|origins=la salīre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈzʌlt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|resulten]], [[bor|la-med|resultāre|t=to result]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000)^(MW Collegiate) from Latin [[m|la|resultāre|t=to spring back, rebound, re-echo]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) a frequentative formed on the past participle of [[m|la|resilīre|t=to leap back]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|salīre|t=to leap]].^(AHD 2000)^(Klein 1966) It is related to [[resilient]] and [[salient]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To arise as a consequence or effect: 1432–50^(OED 1989) or the early 15th century;^(Etymonline) Barnhart's first example is probably before 1425, in a translation of Higden's ''Polychronicon''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The etymological sense “to spring back” is rare in English, found mostly in poetry from 1598 and now obsolete.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The noun first meant “the act of springing back”, in 1626 in Bacon's ''Sylva Sylvarum'',^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) also obsolete.^(Etymonline) “A decision or resolution of an assembly” is from 1647, now American.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) “Outcome, effect, consequence” is from 1651^(OED 1989) or the 1640s.^(Etymonline) The quantity obtained by calculation is from 1771.^(OED 1989) The result of a sports event is from 1916,^(OED 1989) and ''results'', favourable or desired consequences, by 1922.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1432–50 – verb, to follow as a consequence.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1598 – verb, to spring back (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1626 – noun, a springing back (Bacon).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1647 – a decision of an assembly.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1651 – an outcome.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1771 – the result of a calculation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1916 – a sports result.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1922 – ''results'', desired outcomes.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come about as a [[consequence]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # To end in a particular way: ''result in failure''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+

+ ===Noun===

+ # The consequence of an action or course; an outcome.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A favourable or concrete outcome: ''get results''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # The quantity obtained by calculation.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # The final score of a game or contest.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[resultful]]

+ * [[resultfulness]]

+ * [[resultless]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[resultant]]

+ * [[resile]]

+ * [[resilient]]

+ * [[resilience]]

+ * [[salient]]

+ * [[assault]]

+ * [[insult]]

+ * [[exult]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}