outcome : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: outcome	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for outcome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outcome n something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" Synonym(s): result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination 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"; "he acted very wise after the event" Synonym(s): consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
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. [bd]The logical outcome.[b8] --H. Spenser. All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thougth. --J. C. Shairp.