Noun

(en noun)

Information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.

A quality automobile is the outcome of the work of skilled engineers and thousands of workers.

A positive result or consequence.

(probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.

Three is a possible outcome of tossing a six-sided die.

(education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes .

The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.

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Noun

(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.

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(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

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Of more significance in the nature of branch development ; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

(countable) Something which has developed.

(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real estate development.

(real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.

(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (''cf. research).

(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.