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# outcome

«outcome» in Mova's school dictionary: **the result of something, what happens in the end** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an outcome, outcomes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An outcome is the result of something, what happens in the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#m1)

2) In maths probability an outcome is one possible result of an event, like heads or tails when you toss a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons on chance, pupils list all possible outcomes: a dice has 6 outcomes, a coin has 2. Probability is the number of favourable outcomes divided by all outcomes. In everyday life and stories the outcome is how a game, vote or plan ends. Phrases: the final outcome, a good outcome, possible outcomes.

### examples

- What was the outcome of the match? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x1)
- Rolling a dice has six possible outcomes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x2)
- Heads is one outcome of tossing a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x3)
- We were happy with the outcome of the vote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x4)
- List all the outcomes of spinning the spinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x5)
- Nobody knew what the outcome would be. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x6)
- The doctor hoped for a good outcome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x7)
- Each outcome on a fair dice is equally likely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x8)
- This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/#x9)

### note

Countable noun: an outcome, outcomes; starts with a vowel sound, so «an». Stress on the first part: OUT-come. In maths, outcomes are counted: if 2 out of 6 outcomes are wins, the chance of winning is 2/6 = 1/3. Do not confuse «outcome» (result) with «income» (money earned).

### In the corpora

- ["Negative patient outcome" is American hospital jargon for "the patient died".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outcome» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcome/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.