| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Mathematics. Something worked out to explain, resolve, or provide a method for dealing with and settling a problem: answer, determination, solution. See ASK. 2. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See CAUSE. | | VERB: | To occur as a consequence: attend, ensue, follow. See CAUSE, PRECEDE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | result in To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START.
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