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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•se•quent /ˈkɑnsɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- following as an effect;
resulting:The recession has a consequent impact on jobs.
con•se•quent•ly, adv. See -seq-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•se•quent (kon′si kwent′, -kwənt),USA pronunciation adj. - following as an effect or result;
resulting (often fol. by on, upon, or to):a fall in price consequent to a rise in production. - following as a logical conclusion:a consequent law.
- following or progressing logically:consequent reasoning.
n. - anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.
- Philosophy[Logic.]the second member of a conditional proposition, as "Caesar was a great general'' in "If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.''
- Mathematics
- the second term of a ratio.
- the second of two vectors in a dyad.
- Latin consequent- (stem of consequēns, present participle of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent
- Middle English (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: consequent /ˈkɒnsɪkwənt/ adj - following as an effect or result
- following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument
- (of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata
n - something that follows something else, esp as a result
- the resultant clause in a conditional sentence
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin consequēns following closely, from consequī to pursue |