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consequent

Syllables: con·se·quent/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/US/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/

consequent adjective: following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

  1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
    • His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
    • The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs.1957 October, “Prototype Tube Trains For London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 688
  2. Of or pertaining to consequences.
  3. Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.

Noun

consequent (plural consequents)

  1. The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
  2. An event which follows another.
    • They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
  3. The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
  4. A consequent stream.
    • Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 275

consequent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

consequent in Tamil

பயனாக, விளைவாக, பலனாக நிகழ்கிற

consequent in Urdu

نتائج کا تابع

consequent in Bengali

ফলস্বরূপ, অনুসঙ্গিক

consequent in Malayalam

പരിണതഫലമായ, അനന്തരഫലമായ
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Examples of consequent in a sentence

  • It’s not only those hoofy legs they’ve modified and lost in their consequent evolutionary journey.
  • The discourse of a Shi'ite Crescent and the consequent “Shiaphobia” seem problematic for a number of reasons.
  • Severe scleritis additionally involves fibrinoid necrosis with consequent tissue loss seen clinically as scleral thinning (scleromalacia).

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Forms of consequent

pluralconsequents

Origin of consequent

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

Words formed from consequent

Phrases with consequent

Questions about consequent

What does consequent mean?
Consequent means following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
What is consequent in Tamil?
Consequent in Tamil is பயனாக, விளைவாக, பலனாக நிகழ்கிற. See Consequent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is consequent?
Consequent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce consequent?
Consequent is pronounced /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/ (UK).

Words near consequent in the dictionary

  1. consequenced
  2. consequenceless
  3. consequencelessness
  4. consequences
  5. consequencing
  6. consequent
  7. consequent phrase
  8. consequent phrases
  9. consequential
  10. consequential mark
  11. consequential marks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consequent (page history and authors); consequent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consequent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consequent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consequent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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