upshot
/ˈʌpʃɒt
/noun [in singular]
The final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events: the upshot of the meeting was that he was on the next plane to New York...
- The upshot of this discussion for the questions with which we started can be put somewhat simply.
- The upshot is very little productive investment is made as all the money goes ultimately to fund state borrowing.
- The upshot of the result is that Stars retain their ten-point lead at the top of the table.
Synonyms
result, consequence, outcome, out-turn, sequel, effect, reaction, repercussion, reverberations, ramification, end, end result, conclusion, termination, culmination, denouement, corollary, concomitant, aftermath, fruit(s), product, produce, by-product;
Medicine sequelae
informal pay-off
dated issue
archaic success
- social order
- social ownership
- social partner
- social phobia
- social planner
- social planning
- social problem
- social process
- social promotion
- social psychiatric
- social psychiatrist
- social psychiatry
- social-psychological
- social psychologist
- social psychology
- social realism
- social realist
- social realistic
- social reality
- social register
- social revolution
- social revolutionary
- social role
- social scale
- social science