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out⋅come

  [out-kuhm]
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–noun
1. a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
2. a conclusion reached through a process of logical thinking.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME utcume. See out-, come

Synonyms:
1, 2. See end 1 .
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out·come   (out'kŭm')   
n.  An end result; a consequence. See Synonyms at effect.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Outcome

Out"come\, n. That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot. "The logical outcome." --H. Spenser.

All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thougth. --J. C. Shairp.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : outcome
Spanish: resultado,
German: das Ergebnis,
Japanese: 結果
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outcome  (n.)
1788, "that which results from something," originally Scottish, from out + come (v.). Popularized in Eng. by Carlyle (c.1830s). Used in M.E. in sense of "the act or fact of coming out."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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