Result Resulting Rɪˈzʌlt Resulted Verb Bre Job Losses

• job losses resulting from changes in production
• when water levels rise, flooding results.
• it was a large explosion and the resulting damage was extensive.
• complacency could easily result in tragedy.

result

1. to happen because of something else that happened first
• job losses resulting from changes in production
• When water levels rise, flooding results.
• It was a large explosion and the resulting damage was extensive.

Extra Examples

• Complacency could easily result in tragedy.
• Such measures are likely to result in decreased motivation of the workforce.
• The charges could have potentially resulted in a death sentence.
• This move will inevitably result in the loss of a lot of jobs.
• the approach that is most certain to result in failure

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they result
• he / she / it results
• past simple resulted
• past participle resulted
• -ing form resulting

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a verb): from medieval Latin resultare ‘to result’, earlier in the sense ‘spring back’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + saltare (frequentative of salire ‘to jump’). The noun dates from the early 17th cent.