consequent
Meaning of consequent
- following as a result or effect.
the social problems of pupils and their consequent educational difficulties
you've got a university place consequent on your exam results
- (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion.
- the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent.
- the second or imitating voice or part in a canon.
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequent- ‘overtaking, following closely’, from the verb consequi .
Information about consequent
- The plural form of consequent is: consequents.
- Languages in which consequent is used:
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Hyphenation of consequent
con-se-quent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- consequent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
consequent synonyms
Meaning ensuant:
ensuant, resultant, resulting, sequent
Meaning occurring afterwards or as a result:
Meaning following as a result or effect:
Meaning next in time:
Meaning coming after something in time; following:
Meaning following one another or following others:
Meaning forming or following in a logical order or sequence:
Meaning occurring with or as a result of:
Meaning provided or occurring at the same time as something else:
Meaning naturally accompanying or associated:
Meaning additional but subordinate; secondary:
Meaning (of a person or thing) connected with something else:
Meaning belonging to the same family, group, or type; connected:
Meaning brought together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established:
Meaning make, form, or suggest a connection with or between:
consequent antonyms
Meaning relating to or acting as a cause:
Meaning not related or linked:
Translation of consequent
- German: konsequent
- French: conséquent
- Spanish: consecuente
- Italian: conseguente
Words that rhyme with consequent
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