sequent

/ˈsiːkwənt/

sequent adjective: that comes after in time or order; subsequent.

Adjective

sequent (comparative more sequent, superlative most sequent)

(obsolete) That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
- Why are your songs all wild and bitter sad
  As funeral dirges with the orphans' cries?
  Each night since first the world was made hath had
  A sequent day to laugh it down the skies.1860, James Thomson (B.V.), Two Sonnets
(archaic) That follows on as a result, conclusion etc.; consequent to, on, upon.
- But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: / Immediate sentence then, and sequent death, / Is all the grace I beg.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Maisie found herself clutched to her mother's breast and passionately sobbed and shrieked over, made the subject of a demonstration evidently sequent to some sharp passage just enacted.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
Recurring in succession or as a series; successive, consecutive.
- The Gallies Haue sent a dozen sequent Messengers / This very night, at one anothers heeles: / And many of the Consuls, rais'd and met, / Are at the Dukes already.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Noun

sequent (plural sequents)

Something that follows in a given sequence.
- The One is somewhat shadowy. It is sometimes called God, sometimes the Good; it transcends Being, which is the first sequent upon the One.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.30
A disjunctive set of logical formulae which is partitioned into two subsets; the first subset, called the antecedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as false, and the second subset, called the succedent, consists of formulae which are valuated as true. (The set is written without set brackets and the separation between the two subsets is denoted by a turnstile symbol, which may be read "give(s)".)
- A sequent a,b⊢c,d could be interpreted to correspond to an Existential Graph, whose expression in Existential Graph Interchange Format would be
  ~[(a) (b) ~[(c)] ~[(d)]], which in ordinary language could be expressed as "a and b give c or d".
(obsolete) A follower.
- Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
A sequential calculus

sequent meaning in Tamil

sequent in Tamil

பின்தொடர் நிகழ்வு

Forms of sequent

Adjective
comparative	more sequent
superlative	most sequent
Noun
plural	sequents

Origin of sequent

1550s; borrowed from Middle French sequent, from Old French sequent, itself borrowed from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequī (“to follow”).

Words formed from sequent

Phrases with sequent

sequent calculi

Questions about sequent

What does sequent mean?: Sequent means that comes after in time or order; subsequent.
What is sequent in Tamil?: Sequent in Tamil is பின்தொடர் நிகழ்வு. See Sequent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sequent?: Sequent can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sequent?: Sequent is pronounced /ˈsiːkwənt/ (UK).

Words near sequent in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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