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outcome |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outcome \Out"come\, n. That which comes out of or follows from something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot. ``The logical outcome.'' --H. Spenser. All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thougth. --J. C. Shairp From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outcome n 1: the situation that exists when something ends "he listened for the results on the radio" [syn: {result}] 2: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business" [syn: {consequence}, {effect}, {result}, {issue}, {upshot}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment. By the kind of intelligence that sees in an exception a proof of the rule the wisdom of an act is judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense; the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it
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