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 →

2) In maths probability an outcome is one possible result of an event, like heads or tails when you toss a coin. tree →

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 →
• Rolling a dice has six possible outcomes. tree →
• Heads is one outcome of tossing a coin. tree →
• We were happy with the outcome of the vote. tree →
• List all the outcomes of spinning the spinner. tree →
• Nobody knew what the outcome would be. tree →
• The doctor hoped for a good outcome. tree →
• Each outcome on a fair dice is equally likely. tree →
• This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. tree →

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".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outcome» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.