different between result vs unrepeatable

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt
• Hyphenation: re?sult

Verb

result (third-person singular simple present results, present participle resulting, simple past and past participle resulted) (intransitive)

1. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.

2. (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

3. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
4. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.

Synonyms

• (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence): follow, arise

Related terms

• resultant
• resile
• resilient
• resilience

Translations

Noun

result (plural results)

1. 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.
2. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.

4. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
5. (sports) The final score in a game.
6. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

Hyponyms

• (that which results): primitive, sum, difference, product (mathematics)

Derived terms

• as a result
• resultful
• resultless

Translations

Interjection

result

1. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
   • 2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat:

     (picking a lock) I wonder what I did...

     (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster

English

Etymology

un- +? repeatable

Adjective

unrepeatable (comparative more unrepeatable, superlative most unrepeatable)

1. Unable to be repeated

   He told us to get off his property in unrepeatable terms.

2. (sciences) (of an experiment or procedure) That gives different results when repeated

Antonyms

• repeatable

Translations