to cause; to result in
Meanings
2 senses · 7 examplesverb
to cause (something to happen); to make; to result in
formalUsed to indicate that one event is the cause of another, often with negative or significant consequences. Commonly appears in formal or written contexts.
The management's wrong decisions caused the company to suffer huge losses.
His negligence caused the entire project to be delayed.
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This accident resulted in three people being injured.
The instability of the input source caused the system to crash frequently.
conjunction
so that; with the result that
formalUsed to introduce a clause expressing an undesirable or unintended consequence. It connects a cause clause (usually preceding) to a result clause (following).
He did not leave contact information at the time, with the result that we couldn't find him later.
The network suddenly went down, so that the remote meeting had to be canceled.
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Overfishing resulted in the fish resources in this sea area declining sharply.