Meaning & use
desired result
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Meaning
phrasecountable
the outcome that someone wants or intends to achieve
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a desired result' or 'the desired results'. Often used with 'achieve', 'get', or 'produce'.
Patterns
- achieve the desired result
- produce the desired result
- get the desired result
- without the desired result
The new teaching method did not produce the desired result, so the school tried something else.
After months of practice, she finally achieved the desired result: a place in the national team.
The medicine worked, but it took longer than expected to get the desired result.
Word forms
| plural | desired results |
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Common combinations
- achieve the desired result
- The team worked hard to achieve the desired result.
- produce the desired result
- The changes produced the desired result almost immediately.
- without the desired result
- He tried several times without the desired result.
- the desired result of something
- Lower prices were the desired result of the new policy.
Synonyms and how they differ
- intended outcome
- Intended outcome is more formal and focuses on what was planned, while desired result focuses on what was wanted.
- goal
- A goal is the aim you set before you start, whereas a desired result is the actual outcome you want to see.
- objective
- Objective is a formal word for a specific aim, often used in business or military contexts, while desired result is more general.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: desired result or result desired?
desired result vs result desired
This is not a standard phrase in English. The usual order is 'desired result' (adjective before noun).
Practice
Which sentence uses 'desired result' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Option A uses the phrase correctly as a countable noun with 'the'. B and C add unnecessary prepositions, and D is missing a determiner before a singular countable noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “desired result”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.