consequent

[ kon-si-kwent, -kwuh nt ]
/ ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛnt, -kwənt /
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adjective

following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.
following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.
following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.

noun

anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.
Logic. the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”
Mathematics.
  1. the second term of a ratio.
  2. the second of two vectors in a dyad.

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Origin of consequent

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin consequent- (stem of consequēns, present participle of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent

OTHER WORDS FROM consequent

non·con·se·quent, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH consequent

consequent subsequent

Words nearby consequent

consentient, consenting adult, consentual, consequence, consequences, consequent, consequent stream, consequential, consequentialism, consequently, conservable
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Words related to consequent

subsequent, indirect, ensuing, consistent, following, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, sequential, sound, successive, understandable, inferable, resulting

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British Dictionary definitions for consequent

consequent
/ (ˈkɒnsɪkwənt) /

adjective

following as an effect or result
following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument
(of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata

noun

Word Origin for consequent

C15: from Latin consequēns following closely, from consequī to pursue

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