单词 | outcome |
释义 | outcomen.2ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] outcome?c1225 issuea1325 outgoing?c1335 outpassinga1387 out-passagea1398 outgatea1400 ishingc1422 egression?a1425 exiture?a1425 issuing?a1425 ush1429 excessc1450 ish1513 egress1528 getting out1599 exitus1608 excession1656 evasiona1659 exition1663 outgo1858 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Wið uten hope of ut cumes [?a1289 Scribe D ut cumeng; c1230 Corpus utcume]? a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xviii. 7 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 151 Fra heghest heven his outcome ai, And his ogaine-raas til hegh sette. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 75 Þare come owte..a beste..And in his oute-come he slew twa knyghtis. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 592 Two knichtis..waiting his outcome. 1865 J. Young Homely Pictures in Verse 51 [She] had a cluster o' white pearls... Eve the glegest mither could discern Their outcome in an or'nar bairn. 2. Scottish. The time of the year when the days begin to lengthen. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring LenteneOE LentlOE warea1300 verec1325 vera1382 vere-time1382 springing timea1387 springinga1398 springa1400 prime tempsa1425 the spring of the year1481 grass1485 springtime1495 prime time1503 sap-time?1523 spring tide1530 (the) spring of the leaf1538 prime1541 prime tide1549 voar1629 vernal season1644 vernal1654 outcome1672 Lent term1691 blossom-time1713 open water1759 rabi1783 budding-timea1807 ware-time1820 growing season1845 1672 M. Bruce Rattling Dry Bones 34 They are like the frost in the out come. 1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 87 They talk that Mar..designs to quarter in Perth this season till the outcome of the year. 1900 A. Thompson Thornlea 51 He had made up his mind..no tae look like the gentry till the ootcome o' the year. 3. a. A state of affairs resulting from some process; the way something turns out (spec. in early use: the ending of a story); a result (of a test, experiment, measurement, etc.), a consequence; a conclusion or verdict. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > conclusion or final result conclusionc1384 uttermost1470 summa summarum1567 loose1589 conclude1643 period1713 outcome1788 pay-off1926 1788 R. Galloway Poems 13 And for the outcome o' the story, Just trust it to your ni'bour tory. 1868 E. H. Plumptre tr. Æschylus Choephori in tr. Æschylus Trag. II. 124 How ends the tale, and what its outcome then? 1891 Daily News 31 Dec. 6/3 Pending the outcome, no fresh firms will be struck. 1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 75 What is the biggest thing that had happened to this country as the outcome of the war? 1965 R. Deutsch Estimation Theory x. 154 Precision is a measure of how close the outcome of a measurement, or a sequence of observations, clusters about some estimated value of a specified parameter. 1990 L. H. Tribe Abortion 201 Predicting the outcome of a Supreme Court case..is a tricky business. b. In probability theory: any of the possible occurrences resulting from a given experiment or trial, each being mutually exclusive and assigned a probability. ΚΠ 1919 Field Artillery Jrnl. 9 65 Sometimes the probability of each outcome is obvious from the nature of the event. 1951 Math. Mag. 25 59 The order of joint outcomes may be arranged in a contingency table. 1987 PC Mag. 15 Sept. 314/3 The probabilities of the different outcomes have to add up to 100 percent. 2012 J. B. Walsh Know the Odds i. 10 Many games of chance are designed to provide equally likely outcomes. In that case, the probability of each outcome is one over the total number of outcomes. c. Medicine and Psychology. The result or effect of treatment. Frequently used attributively. outcome study n. with reference to the assessment of a particular treatment by studying its result in a range of cases. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > outcome of treatment outcome1926 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > assessment of treatment outcome study1981 1926 Rep. Public Health & Med. Subj. (Min. of Health) xxxiii. 2 On the average, ‘cure’ in the sense we associate with the usual outcome of a successful operation for strangulated hernia is not the outcome of the most enlightened treatment of pulmonary consumption. 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 98 438/2 The usual medical criteria regarding outcome of treatment are employed—apparently cured, much improved, improved and unchanged or worse. 1959 M. B. Parloff & E. A. Rubinstein Res. in Psychotherapy 277/1 The tenor of the discussion strongly suggested that ‘outcome’ research was generally scorned as being ‘applied’. 1981 B. A. Farrell Standing of Psychoanal. ix. 180 Smith and Glass examined a very large number of outcome studies of various types of therapy. d. Education (originally and chiefly U.S.) The non-academic, personal skills that result from education. outcome-based education n. education in which emphasis is placed on the child's general well-being and social development, rather than on his or her academic performance. Also outcomes-based education. ΚΠ 1945 C. V. Good Dict. Educ. 284/2 Outcome,..an actual result as represented in changes brought about in the behavior of pupils. 1967 H. Grobman in A. C. Ornstein Accountability for Teachers (1973) ii. 28 There are..value-oriented or affective outcomes that the school is responsible for, including motivation for learning, sense of responsibility,..and commitment to rationality in solving personal and public problems. 1985 P. W. Cookson & C. H. Persell Preparing for Power i. 16 We know that where individuals go to school determines with whom they associate, and..that the social characteristics of schools' student bodies have powerful effects on a number of ‘student outcomes’. 1987 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 17 Mar. c8 Martin disagrees with the district's ‘Outcomes Based Education’ (OBE) curriculum-reform program. 1995 Denver Post 22 Jan. a10/1 ‘Dr. Norm,’ as his listeners know him, is holding court with a guest who spits fire about outcome-based education. 4. The product which results from an action, process, or system; a derivative, a more advanced development of some earlier design, style, product, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results issuea1325 outcominga1382 conclusionc1384 endc1385 fruita1400 finec1405 termination?a1425 sumc1430 succession1514 sequel1524 game1530 success1537 event1539 pass1542 increase1560 outgate1568 exit1570 cropc1575 utmosta1586 upshoot1598 sequence1600 upshot1604 resultance1616 upshut1620 succedenta1633 apotelesm1636 come-off1640 conclude1643 prosult1647 offcome1666 resultant1692 outlet1710 period1713 outcome1788 outrun1801 outcome1808 upset1821 overcome1822 upping1828 summary1831 outgo1870 upcomec1874 out-turn1881 end-product1923 pay-off1926 wash-up1961 1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Outcome, Termination..Increase, product. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 165 This glorious Elizabethan Era with its Shakspeare, as the outcome and flowerage of all which had preceded it. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 306 The talking phonograph is a natural outcome of the telephone. 1914 A. J. Eddy Cubists & Post-Impressionism (1915) 27 Neo-Impressionism was the logical outcome of Impressionism. 1963 J. S. Adams in Industr. Relations Oct. 9 Every man expects a certain relationship between his input, what he puts into his work in terms of effort, skill, etc., and his outcome, what he gets in terms of pay and other forms of satisfaction. 1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 7/1 The exercise for involvement of corporate sector initiated by the Railway, a direct outcome of the post-liberalisation phase, involves thousands of crores of rupees. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > means of exit outgangOE gatec1175 outletc1275 outgoinga1387 water gatea1393 ish14.. issuec1400 outgatec1485 ushing1489 outway1571 egress1660 utterance1662 débouché1760 debouch1813 gateway1842 outgo1869 outfall1883 outcome1885 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxiii, in Cent. Mag. July 356/2 There ain't going to be the outcome for the paint in the foreign markets that we expected. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 46 There were lots of other outcomes for her heroic efforts without her going to war for the sake of her country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † outcomeadj.n.1 Obsolete. A. adj. That comes from or belongs to another country or place; foreign. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] > that is a stranger or outsider uncouthc893 outcomeeOE fremdc950 althedyOE foreigna1325 aliena1382 barbarous1542 barbarianc1550 stranger1593 extraneous1656 outside1826 barbaric1849 extern1866 offcomed1879 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) v. ii. 115 Þæt þær nan utancymen mon cuman ne dorste. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 109 Se utancumena [OE Wells utacymena, a1225 Winteney utcumene] munuc, þe of uncuðum eardum cymð. OE Wulfstan Luke on Last Days (Hatton 113) 124 Ælþeodige men & utancumene swyðe us swencað. 1469–70 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 307 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 No oute commes man nor strangere. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 18 For out-comen [a1500 Rawl. strange] men that he lade with hym. a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 18 The owt-comen folk þat was thus in-to the land I-come. 1592 A. Fraunce 3rd Pt. Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch f. 49 If that an outcome whore be my mistres, why am I called Ioues wife and sister? B. n.1 A stranger, a foreigner. ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxiii. 12 Wyrc six dagas & geswic on þam seofoþan, & þin oxa & þin assa hi gerestan, & þæt þinre wylnan sunu si gehyrt, & se utacymena. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 800 (MED) Se feole cuðe men ba ant utcumene [v.r. uncuðe] copnið..hwuch ure is kempe to ouercumen oðer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † outcomev. Obsolete. intransitive. To come out. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 236 Seo burhwaru cepte hwænne he ut come, and gelæhton hine sona. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1048 Þa hi þider utcomon, þa stefnede heom man to gemote. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2097 Ðo drempte pharaon..Ðat he stod bi ðe flodes strem, And ðeden ut comen .vii. neet. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3543 (MED) King arthure ysey þat hii nolde out come. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 2801 (MED) Fra þe other stedes til þe day of dome Sal never mare saule out come. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.2?c1225adj.n.1eOEv.OE |
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