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consequents

consequents is the plural of consequent.

Meaning of consequent

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

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Questions about consequents

What is consequents the plural of?
Consequents is the plural of consequent.

Words near consequents in the dictionary

  1. consequentializing
  2. consequentially
  3. consequentialness
  4. consequently
  5. consequentness
  6. consequents
  7. consequtive
  8. conserted
  9. conservable
  10. conservacuck
  11. conservacucks

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