Result vs. Cause

To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.

To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

Example: ‘This measure will result in good or in evil.’;

(legal) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.

(obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.

That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

Example: ‘the result of a course of action;’; ‘the result of a mathematical operation’;

The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.

The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

(obsolete) A flying back; resilience.

(sports) The final score in a game.

(by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

(UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.

To leap back; to rebound.

Example: ‘The huge round stone, resulting with a bound.’;

To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; - followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil.

To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.

Example: ‘Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.’;

A flying back; resilience.

Example: ‘Sound is produced between the string and the air by the return or the result of the string.’;

That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.

Example: ‘If our proposals once again were heard,We should compel them to a quick result.’;

The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.

Example: ‘Then of their session ended they bid cryWith trumpet's regal sound the great result.’;

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;

Example: ‘the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise’; ‘his decision had depressing consequences for business’; ‘he acted very wise after the event’;

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

Example: ‘they were trying to find a peaceful solution’; ‘the answers were in the back of the book’; ‘he computed the result to four decimal places’;

something that results;

Example: ‘he listened for the results on the radio’;

the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end;

Example: ‘result in tragedy’;

result in;

Example: ‘The water left a mark on the silk dress’; ‘Her blood left a stain on the napkin’;

A result (also called upshot) is the final consequence of a sequence of actions or events expressed qualitatively or quantitatively. Possible results include advantage, disadvantage, gain, injury, loss, value and victory.

The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

Example: ‘They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.’;

Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.

Example: ‘There is no cause for alarm.’; ‘''The end of the war was a cause for celebration.’;

(countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.

(obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.

Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.

A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

To set off an event or action.

Example: ‘The lightning caused thunder.’;

To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.

Example: ‘His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.’;

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

Example: ‘Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be.’;

That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

Sake; interest; advantage.

Example: ‘I did it not for his cause.’;

A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

Example: ‘What counsel give you in this weighty cause!’;

The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

Example: ‘God befriend us, as our cause is just.’; ‘The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause.’;

To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; - usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

Example: ‘I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days.’; ‘Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans.’;

To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Abbreviation of Because.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;

Example: ‘they are trying to determine the cause of the crash’;

a justification for something existing or happening;

Example: ‘he had no cause to complain’; ‘they had good reason to rejoice’;

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;

Example: ‘he supported populist campaigns’; ‘they worked in the cause of world peace’; ‘the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant’; ‘the movement to end slavery’; ‘contributed to the war effort’;

any entity that causes events to happen

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

Example: ‘the family brought suit against the landlord’;

give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;

Example: ‘cause a commotion’; ‘make a stir’; ‘cause an accident’;

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

Example: ‘The ads induced me to buy a VCR’; ‘My children finally got me to buy a computer’; ‘My wife made me buy a new sofa’;