Antonyms for outcome

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

Synonyms for outcome

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