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consequential
[ kon-si-kwen-shuhl ]
adjective
- following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- following as a logical conclusion or inference; logically consistent.
- of significance or importance:
His writings offer insight into his personality, opinions, and strengths, and show early evidence of the consequential man he would become.
- having important effects or results:
Being a lawyer, I knew that a consequential decision should not depend on an informal phone conversation.
- Archaic. self-important; pompous.
consequential
/ ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl /
adjective
- important or significant
- self-important; conceited
- following as a consequence; resultant, esp indirectly
consequential loss
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Derived Forms
- ˌconseˌquentiˈality, noun
- ˌconseˈquentially, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·se·quen·ti·al·i·ty [kon-si-kwen-shee-, al, -i-tee], con·se·quen·tial·ness noun
- con·se·quen·tial·ly adverb
- non·con·se·quen·tial adjective
- non·con·se·quen·tial·ly adverb
- non·con·se·quen·tial·ness noun
- non·con·se·quen·ti·al·i·ty noun
- qua·si-con·se·quen·tial adjective
- qua·si-con·se·quen·tial·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consequential1
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Example Sentences
The most consequential single task before the Abadi government in coming weeks is the choice of Interior Minister.
The second seems as consequential for the next election as JFK running on not being Truman.
But those literary skills were immensely consequential to the ultimate shape of his legendary career.
He wrote consequential articles and books and would have written many more.
You know, troubled and certainly having a different kind of wiring that lends itself to conscience and consequential behavior.
Sir Lionel at once puffs out a little, as though feeling consequential.
"I'll have you to know, sir, that I am fully entitled to act as I am doing," he said with a consequential air.
"Well, why don't you come when I call," said Mick with a consequential air.
These she deposited on the slope in front of the house with consequential air.
He does not plant himself in the midst of his company, neither does he assume the consequential manners of a dictator.
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