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Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌkʌm



Definition of outcome

Origin :
  • 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."
  • noun consequence, effect
Example sentences :
  • In its poor degree let its outcome be in truth and friendliness.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Aggie sniffed, as if such an outcome were the merest bagatelle.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The outcome of that objective vision was Hamlet—a masterpiece of self-revealing.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • His speaking telegraph was likewise the outcome of these researches.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Is that consolatory view of the matter the outcome of philosophy, or of virtue?
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • This thought, the outcome of his human charity, filled Pierre with emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • But at the end he assured his visitors that time only could prove what the outcome might be.
  • Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • I would not ascribe to nature what is merely the outcome of my own moral views.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • I then recalled my promise to inform Hellar and Zimmern of the outcome of my demonstration.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • This institution is, by the way, not the outcome of Buddha's doctrines.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch

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