outcome

[out-kuhm] /ˈaʊtˌkʌm/

noun

a final product or end result; consequence; issue.

a conclusion reached through a process of logical thinking.

Origin

1175-1225; Middle English utcume. See out-, come

Synonyms

1, 2. See end¹ .

Examples from the web for outcome

At home, seeing the effect that modulating one variable has on the outcome is about the best that can be done.
Even a small political shock could push over a domino causing a chain reaction that leads to one outcome or the other.
My first thought was that there was a placebo effect that influenced the outcome of these experiments.
Unfortunately, measuring performance by clinical outcome is easier said than done.
Though the confrontation may have been unusual, the outcome was not.
Scientists must forever cite probabilities and be attacked regardless of outcome.
Maps have determined the outcome of battles, inspired the founding of empires, sent pathbreakers on wild-goose chases.
The researchers examined numerous variables that might have affected the vote outcome.
Most likely the outcome of a patient not getting the best treatment will be worse than one who is covered.
They realize how their own positions are the outcome of a series of random events.

British Dictionary definitions for outcome

outcome

/ˈaʊtˌkʌm/

noun

something that follows from an action, dispute, situation, etc; result; consequence

Word Origin and History for outcome

1788, "that which results from something," originally Scottish, from out + come (v.). Popularized in English by Carlyle (c.1830s). Used in Middle English in sense of "act or fact of coming out" (c.1200). Old English had utancumen (n.) "stranger, foreigner."