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Result in / Result from

Usage

A cause results in an outcome; an outcome results from a cause.

Result in

Use when

You start with the cause and state the outcome it produces.

Example

“The process change resulted in shorter processing times.”

Result from

Use when

You start with the outcome and state the cause from which it arose.

Example

“The improvement resulted from greater automation.”

Quick check

resulted to lower costs, resulted from an improvement when the direction of cause is reversed, resulted in automation when automation was the cause

Usage note

Result to is not the standard construction for expressing this causal relationship.

Source checked 2026-08-12 (opens in a new tab)