resulted
- 1Simple past and past participle of result.
The merger resulted in hundreds of job losses last year.
Years of neglect had resulted in serious structural damage to the bridge.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (the merger resulted in losses) and the participle after have (had resulted in damage). Result is intransitive in all its uses, so there is no passive; never write was resulted. The preposition sets the direction. Resulted in points forward to the effect, and resulted from points back to the cause: the storm resulted in the flood, and the flood resulted from the storm.
resulted is a form of result
result, verb: To happen as a consequence of something (result from), or to cause a particular outcome (result in). Full entry
- Spelling
- result → resulted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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