upshot
pronunciation
How to pronounce upshot in British English:
UK [ˈʌpʃɒt]
How to pronounce upshot in American English:
US [ˈʌpʃɑt]
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- Noun:
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Word Origin
- upshot (n.)
- 1530s, from up (adj.) + shot (n.); originally, the final shot in an archery match, hence the figurative sense of "result, issue, conclusion" (c. 1600).
Synonym
Example
- 1. So what is the upshot of all this ?
- 2. The upshot : apple , amazon and facebook look like good long-term bets .
- 3. The upshot to huawei 's statement is that it is a global company with deployments around the world .
- 4. Or it may be the upshot of a high-level factional or personal battle , in which corruption charges are often a favourite weapon .
- 5. The upshot is wage inflation .