consequent
See also: conséquent
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French conséquent,[1] from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/
- Hyphenation: con‧se‧quent
Adjective
editconsequent (not comparable)
- Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. [2]
- His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
- 1963 July, “News and Comment: Roller bearings for freight stock”, in Modern Railways, pages 5–6:
- Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic.
- Of or pertaining to consequences.
- (geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editas a result
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of or pertaining to consequences
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Noun
editconsequent (plural consequents)
- (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
- An event which follows another.
- 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:
- They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
- (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
- (geology) A consequent stream.
- 1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 275:
- Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.
Holonyms
editCoordinate terms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editthe second half of a hypothetical proposition
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following event
the second term of a ratio
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “consequent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “consequent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin cōnsequēns.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editconsequent (not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of consequent | ||||
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uninflected | consequent | |||
inflected | consequente | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | consequent | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | consequente | ||
n. sing. | consequent | |||
plural | consequente | |||
definite | consequente | |||
partitive | consequents |
Antonyms
edit- Antonym: inconsequent
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: konsêkuèn
German
editAdjective
editconsequent (strong nominative masculine singular consequenter, comparative consequenter, superlative am consequentesten)
- Obsolete spelling of konsequent which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
Declension
editPositive forms of consequent
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