consequent — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

   More examples (2)

   The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs.

   Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic.

2. Of or pertaining to consequences.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Noun

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.

   Examples

   They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

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.

   Examples

   Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.

Adjective

1. occurring with or following as a consequence

   Synonyms

   attendantaccompanyingconcomitantincidentalensuantresultantsequentcollateral

   Examples

   an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems

   snags incidental to the changeover in management

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   attendant circumstances

   the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness

   the ensuant response to his appeal

   the resultant savings were considerable

   collateral target damage from a bombing run