outcome

See also: Outcome

English

Etymology

From out +‎ come.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtkʌm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: out‧come

Noun

outcome (plural outcomes)

1. That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process.

   Synonyms: fate, termination (formal)

   A quality automobile is the outcome of the work of skilled engineers and thousands of workers.

   • 2023, “30 Under 13”, in Greg Puciato (lyrics), God Made Me An Animal, performed by Better Lovers, United States:

     How far are you willing to reach? / While you're coveting outcomes that you can't achieve / Now you're on a mission, but you won't complete / Shouldn't hold on to me, hold on to me / Try to let go of me, let go of me / Of what you'll never be / You'll hang yourself on that leash / Moral mind of a fool that never learns

2. (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

   Three is a possible outcome of tossing a six-sided die.

3. (education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience.

   Synonym: learning objective

   Coordinate term: output

   learning outcomes

   The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.

4. (chiefly sports) The scoreline; the result.
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome.

Derived terms

• outcome delivery
• outcome variable

Translations

result

• Afrikaans: uitkoms
• Arabic: نَتِيجَة f (natīja)
• Belarusian: рэзульта́т m (rezulʹtát), вы́нік (be) m (výnik)
• Bulgarian: резулта́т (bg) m (rezultát), и́зход (bg) m (ízhod)
• Catalan: resultat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結果 / 结果 (zh) (jiéguǒ)

• Czech: výsledek (cs) m
• Dutch: resultaat (nl) n, uitkomst (nl) f
• Finnish: tulos (fi), seuraus (fi)
• French: issue (fr) f, résultat (fr) m, dénouement (fr) m
• Galician: resultado m
• Georgian: შედეგი (šedegi), დაბოლოება (daboloeba)
• German: Ergebnis (de) n, Ausgang (de) m
• Greek: έκβαση (el) f (ékvasi)
• Hungarian: kimenetel (hu)
• Italian: risultato (it) m, conclusione (it) f
• Japanese: 結果 (ja) (けっか, kekka)
• Korean: 결과(結果) (ko) (gyeolgwa)
• Latin: eventus m, prōventus m, effectus m
• Macedonian: исход m (ishod), резултат (mk) m (rezultat)
• Malayalam: ഫലം (ml) (phalaṁ)
• Māori: tukungaiho, whakataunga, putanga
• Polish: rezultat (pl), wynik (pl)
• Portuguese: resultado (pt) m
• Russian: исхо́д (ru) m (isxód), результа́т (ru) m (rezulʹtát), итог (ru) m (itog)
• Scots: ootcome
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: резу̀лта̄т m, ѝсход m

  Latin: rezùltāt (sh) m, ìshod (sh) m

• Slovak: výsledok (sk) m, následok m, záver m
• Slovene: rezultat m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wuslědk m, rezultat m

• Spanish: resultado (es) m, consecuencia (es) f, desenlace (es) m
• Swedish: utfall (sv) n
• Thai: ผล (th) (pǒn)
• Ukrainian: на́слідок m (náslidok), результа́т (uk) m (rezulʹtát), ви́слід (uk) m (výslid)

education

• Afrikaans: uitkoms
• Italian: obiettivo (it) m
• Russian: цель (ru) f (celʹ), итог (ru) m (itog)
• Spanish: objetivos (es) m pl

probability

• Italian: risultato (it) m
• Latin: eventum n
• Russian: исход (ru) m (isxod)
• Serbo-Croatian: ishod (sh)
• Spanish: resultado (es) m

Anagrams

• come out, comeout