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outcome

 noun
     
out‧come W3 [countable]
the final result of a meeting, discussion, war etc - used especially when no one knows what it will be until it actually happens [= result]
outcome of
It was impossible to predict the outcome of the election.
People who had heard the evidence at the trial were surprised at the outcome.
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