outcome English · revision 5886

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[out]] and [[come]], after the verbal phrase to come out.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) Old English had ūtancumen “stranger”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of coming out, emergence: before 1225 in the OED, about 1200 in Etymonline; this sense is obsolete except in dialect.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Scots, the lengthening of the days in spring is from 1706.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) A result or consequence is from 1788, originally Scottish, and was made popular in English by Carlyle in the 1830s;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) Middle English had used outcoming in a similar sense.^(Etymonline) An outlet is from 1885,^(OED 1989) and in medicine and psychology the result of treatment from 1926.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a1225 – a coming out.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1706 – lengthening days (Scots).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1788 – a result.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1830s – popularized by Carlyle.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1926 – the result of treatment.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[result]] or effect of an action or situation; a [[consequence]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[income]]

+ * [[outlet]]

+ * [[upshot]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}