ensue

English

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /enˈsjʉː/
• (RP) IPA: /enˈsjuː/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ɛnˈsuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Verb

ensue (third-person singular simple present ensues, present participle ensuing, simple past and past participle ensued)

1. (obsolete) To follow ( a leader, inclination etc.).
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:

     to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...].

2. To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.

   Take three freshmen, 6 bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.

Translations

to have as consequence

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: slijediti (bs) Bulgarian: последвам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 接踵而來, simpl. 接踵而来 (jiēzhǒng ér lái) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: erop volgen (nl), daarop volgen (nl) Esperanto: rezulti (eo), sekvi (eo) Finnish: seurata (fi), olla seurauksena French: résulter (fr), découler (fr) Georgian: გაყოლა (ka) (gaqola) German: folgen (de), ansetzen (de), erfolgen (de), nachfolgen (de)

Greek: επακολουθώ (el) (epakoloutho) Hungarian: következik (hu), származik (hu), ered (hu) Italian: seguire (it), conseguire (it) Japanese: 続く (ja) (tsuzuku) Portuguese: resultar (pt), seguir-se (pt) Russian: следовать (ru) (slédovat’) Spanish: seguirse (es), resultar (es) Turkish: ardından gelmek (tr), doğmak (tr), izlemek (tr), sonradan gelmek (tr), sonucu olmak (tr), takip etmek (tr) Swedish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• seuen
• unsee