possible outcome
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandoutcome
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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outcome
noun[C usually singular]
uk/ˈaʊt.kʌm/us/ˈaʊt.kʌm/
a result or effect of an action, ...
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(Definition ofpossibleandoutcomefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In addition to forward and backward transfer, another logicallypossibleoutcomeis differentiation, with language learners performing like monolinguals in each of their two languages.
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This is done by branching the entire simulation and proceeding independently for eachpossibleoutcome.
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On this account, subjects look at the worstpossibleoutcomefor each bet, and choose between bets accordingly.
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Table 2 presents the value of the land to each party under eachpossibleoutcomeof the conflict.
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This is not the onlypossibleoutcomeone might observe.
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However, policy disintegration is not the onlypossibleoutcome.
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Introducing apossibleoutcomeduring a trial when the test sentence is true is superfluous.
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Although the relationship between patient and doctor is less than equal, both parties have a common desire to achieve the bestpossibleoutcomefrom care.
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A thirdpossibleoutcomearises from an interruption of the completion tendency resulting in a "premature inhibition" of the individual's processing of the trauma.
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That is, if the worstpossibleoutcomeof the one is better than the worstpossibleoutcomeof the other, the former will be chosen.
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These rules involve both formal laws and informal institutions that determine the payoffs to squatters and farmers (as we call landowners) for eachpossibleoutcome.
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Table 1 presents the estimated probabilities, utilities, and long-term costs associated with eachpossibleoutcome: perfect health, death, and morbidity, as applied in the model.
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We, like the authors, behave in each case as if death or serious injury was not apossibleoutcome.
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In other words, mental health problems are regarded apossibleoutcomeof an unfavorable person-environment interaction.
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They contend that this scheme judges the "worstpossibleoutcome" as saving an infant who might be severely impaired.
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The one on the right shows thepossibleoutcomeof a cross between an intersex individual (as the male parent) and a normal female.
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A thirdpossibleoutcomeis the loss documented here.
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A secondpossibleoutcomeis that the trapped inflectional morphology remains.
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As might be expected, there are cases where thepossibleoutcomeis not intuitive.
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