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Definition: Upshot |
UpshotNoun1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "upshot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Note: Upshot \Up"shot`\, noun. [Up shot, equivalent to scot share, reckoning. Compare to the phrase to cast up an account.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: UpshotSynonyms: consequence (n), effect (n), event (n), issue (n), outcome (n), result (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completion | Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli. |
Effect | Noun: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud. |
Judgment | Noun: result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, ergotism; illation; corollary, porism; moral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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![]() | The upshot of the late elections --. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Raymond Loewy, apartment at 900 5th Ave., New York City. Upshot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Rockefeller Center. Oblique upshot of five buildings. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | International Music Hall, Radio City, New York, New York. Upshot balcony III. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Vero Beach High School, Vero Beach, Florida. Upshot. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Upshot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Upshot" is used about 159 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 159 | 24,860 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "upshot": in the upshot ♦ on the upshot ♦ the upshot of the matter is ♦ to the upshot. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "upshot": Upshot-bagley. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
upshot | 91 |
business contact manager upshot | 7 |
upshot marketing | 4 |
corporation upshot | 2 |
automation force sales upshot | 2 |
sfa upshot | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "upshot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rezultat (conclusion, consequent, fruit, job, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, reflex, result, score, train), përfundim (afterpiece, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, denouement, derivation, development, eduction, effect, end product, event, expiration, finality, finding, finish, fulfillment, fulfilment, harvest, issue, job, lapse, last, offshoot, offspring, outcome, output, perfecting, performance, result, resume, rider, total, train, windup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نتيجة (conclusion, consequence, echo, effect, emanation, end, event, fruit, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, score, sequel, termination, work), زبدة (butter, choice, fat, gist, quintessence, shortening), ثمرة (child, effect, fruit, gain, product, profit, result). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | окончателен резултат, заключение (conclusion, decision, finale, illation, inference, peroration), последица (after effect, backwash, consequence, effect, follow up, issue, offspring, outgrowth, progeny, ramification, repercussion, result, sequel, train). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "果 (Consequent, Consequently, Outcome, result). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | závìr (breech, conclusion, deduction, eduction, end, ending, finish, inference, result), výsledek (effect, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, score), konec (amen, bottom, close, death, end, ending, finish, tail, terminal, termination, the end of, time is up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | upshotbrænder (upshot burner), brænder med vertikal flamme (upshot burner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | upshot-brander (upshot burner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نتیجه (Affect, Consequence, Effect, Growth, Harvest, Hatch, Outcome, Outgrwth, Resolution, Rest, Result, Sequel, Success), حاصل (Growth, Harvest, Heir, Outcome, Outgrwth, Perquisite, Product, Result, Resultant, Resume, Yield), سرانجام , خلاصه (Abstract, Compendium, Condensation, Digest, Epitome, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summary, Summation, Synopsis), اخرین شماره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | résultat, conséquence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ergebnis (conclusion, consequence, count, effect, fruit, issue, outcome, result, resulting, score, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έκβαση (issue, outcome, outgrowth, result), αποτέλεσμα (after effect, conclusion, effect, outcome, outgrowth, result, return, score). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסק " (conclusion, deduction, inference), תול"" (begetting, birth, conclusion, consequence, corollary, offspring, outcome, procreation, result, sequel), תוצא" (aftermath, consequence, effect, outcome, product, result, sequel, termination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | végeredmény (consequence, issue, payoff, pay-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | risultato (accrued, achievement, achievements, attainment, conclusion, consequence, effect, outcome, purpose, result, return, success). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "のつまり (after all is said and done, final outcome, in the end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とどのつまり (after all is said and done, final outcome, in the end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otupshay resultado final (final result), remate (abutment, omega, punch line, tail-end), fim (aim, close, closing, drift, end, ending, expiration, expiry, finality, fine, finish, function, gaol, goal, jail, last, object, point, purpose, quietus, sake, stop, surcease, target, term, termination, terminus, tip, use, windup), desfecho (denouement, pay-off), conclusão (close, consequence, deduction, effect, end, ending, finale, finding, inference, result, termination, windup). (various references) sfârşit (all over, cessation, close, conclusion, death, decline, dissolution, end, end-all, ended, ending, exhausted, finality, fine, finis, finish, issue, quietus, stop, term, termination), rezultat (child, conclusion, effect, end, event, fruit, issue, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, product, progeny, result, resume, sum), deznodãmânt (catastrophe, denouement, issue, pay off), consecinţã (aftermath, consequence, issue, result, sequel), concluzie (conclusion, decision, deduction, determination, end, finding, inference, laconism, opinion). (various references) результат (action, after-effect, conclusion, effect, end-product, event, fruit, offspring, outcome, produce, progeny, purpose, result, sequel, ultimation), заключение (amen, close, closing, completion, conclusion, contraction, deduction, finale, finding, illation, imprisonment, incarceration, peroration). (various references) ishod (issue, offspring, outcome, result). (various references) resultado (accomplishment, aftermath, answer, consequence, effect, foregone, issue, lot, outcome, product, result, return, score, sequence, total). (various references) resultat (conclusion, effect, issue, offspring, off-spring, outcome, outgrowth, progeny, result, results, score). (various references) sonuç (aftermath, close, conclusion, consequence, consequent, corollary, decision, deduction, denouement, effect, end, event, finding, fruit, harvest, inference, issue, joy, outcome, payoff, produce, product, result, resultant, sequel, show, success, sum), son (afterbirth, bedrock, close, conclusion, conclusive, curtains, definitive, denouement, end, ending, expiration, expiry, extremity, farewell, fate, final, finis, finish, finishing, full, full stop, issue, kiss off, last, late, latest, latter, nth, Omega, outcome, quietus, recent, result, ruination, secundine, sunset, supreme, tail end, terminal, termination, ultimate), netice (conclusion, consequence, consequent, effect, result, sequel, sum). (various references) святкування (celebration, celebrity, commemoration, feast, festival, fete, gala, jamboree, jubilee, solemnization, wake), результат (conclusion, consequence, consequent, corollary, development, eduction, effect, end, issue, offspring, omnium, outcome, outgrowth, output, produce, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, result, subsequence, termination). (various references) kết qu cuối cùng, kết luận kết qu l , $the upshot$ kết qu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "upshot": upshots. (additional references) | |
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"Upshot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ewshot, Hulshort, Ilshat, Kupho, Ludshott, Oxshott, Pukhov, pushout, Pushto, Pussot, upsot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "upshot" (pronounced u"pshÄ't) |
| 4 | -p sh Ä' t | grapeshot, snapshot. |
| 3 | -sh Ä' t | buckshot, earshot, gunshot, overshot, scattershot, slingshot. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tophus. | |
| Words within the letters "h-o-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: ouphs, phots, phuts, pouts, shout, south, spout, stoup, thous, tophs. | |
-2 letters: hops, host, hots, huts, opts, opus, ouph, oust, outs, phot, phut, posh, post, pots, pout, push, puts, shop, shot, shut, soph, soth, soup, spot, stop, thou, thus, toph, tops, tosh, tups, tush. | |
-3 letters: hop, hot, hup, hut, ohs, ops, opt, out, pht. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-o-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hotspur, outpush, typhous, upshoot, upshots. | |
+2 letters: aphthous, hotspurs, housetop, phaseout, pothouse, southpaw, superhot, taphouse, touchups, tuckshop, upshoots, upthrows. | |
+3 letters: boughpots, courtship, hornpouts, hospitium, housekept, housetops, hypocaust, outpushed, outpushes, penthouse, pesthouse, phaseouts, pitchouts, pothouses, pouchiest, southpaws, taphouses, tuckshops, tutorship, upgrowths, upholster. | |
+4 letters: authorship, autographs, autotrophs, auxotrophs, courtships, eutrophies, houseplant, hypocausts, hypotenuse, imposthume, mouthparts, outpitches, outpunches, outpushing, patchoulis, penthouses, pesthouses, phototubes, pilothouse, polyanthus, posthumous, postlaunch, pothunters, prothallus, turophiles, tutorships, upholsters, upholstery, upshooting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 70 73 68 6F 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- .--. ... .... --- - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01110000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U p s h o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 0070 0073 0068 006F 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558285748186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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