the final result of an action, event, or situation
After months of training, the final race outcome surprised everyone.
We will know the election outcome tonight when all votes are counted.
✦ From out + come, first recorded in Middle English in the sense ‘an act of coming out’. The modern meaning of ‘result’ appeared in the 18th century.
in probability or science, one possible result that can happen in an experiment, test, or event
When you flip a coin, "heads" is one possible outcome.
The teacher asked the class to list all six outcomes of rolling a die.
