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Common collocations with result in American Collocation

result noun

US /rɪˈzʌlt/

good

excellent
good
positive
satisfactory

Good results can be achieved through patience and regular daily treatments.

As a direct result of all the structural work undertaken leading up to the Expo, Lisbon now boasts an extended underground system.

bad

catastrophic
disappointing
disasterous
negative

Poor yoga practices will likely produce disappointing results.

after considering everything

end
final
net
overall

The net result of these changes is that postage costs will be cheaper.

clear and noticeable

concrete
real
tangible
visible

The new policy has not yet produced concrete results.

good or useful

encouraging
impressive
outstanding
pleasing
promising

The drug has been trialled on mice, and so far the results are impressive.

not yet final

first
initial
interim
preliminary

In the next chapter, we discuss the preliminary results of our survey.

surprising

startling
surprising
unexpected

When he did this, he got some interesting and unexpected results.

bad, or not good enough

disappointing
inconclusive
negative
poor
unsatisfactory

Some of the statistical measures were abandoned because they produced unsatisfactory results.