outcomes
SayOWT-kumz/ˈaʊtkʌmz/
- 1Plural of outcome.
Researchers compared patient outcomes across several hospitals.
The policy produced uneven outcomes for different regions.
Note
A plain -s plural that does particular work in two technical settings. In probability, outcomes are the elements of a sample space: each possible result of a random trial, gathered into one set. In education, the phrase learning outcomes names the results or evidence a course is designed to produce. In everyday use the word simply counts results, as when a policy's outcomes differ from place to place.
outcomes is a form of outcome
outcome, noun: Something that is produced or happens as a result of an event or process. Full entry
- Forms
- outcomeoutcomes plural
- Spelling
- outcome → outcomes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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