consecution

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English consecucioun (“attainment”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consecutio (“effect, proper sequence, attainment”), from past participle of consequor (“to follow, result, reach”)

Noun

consecution (countable and uncountable, plural consecutions)

1. (archaic) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir M. Hale and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Some consecutions are so intimately and evidently connexed to or found in the premises, that the conclusion is attained, and without any thing of ratiocinative progress

2. (obsolete) A succession or series of any kind.
3. (archaic) Sequence.
4. (logic) The relation of consequent to antecedent.
5. (music) A succession of similar intervals in harmony.

Usage notes

• This word is used in logic, linguistics and computing to refer to the relation of a consequent to an antecedent.
• Its other senses are obsolete. Use of the word today in those senses is generally an error made by non-native speakers: words like "consequence" and "sequence" are more likely to be understood.

Synonyms

• (sequence): See Thesaurus:sequence

Related terms

• consecutive
• month of consecution

Translations

sequel — see sequel

succession — see succession

sequence — see sequence

(logic) relation of consequent to antecedent

• French: consécution (fr) f
• Occitan: consecucion f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: consecución f

References

• “consecution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “consecution”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.