consequent

See also: conséquent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/
• Hyphenation: con‧se‧quent

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

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

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

   • 1963 July, “News and Comment: Roller bearings for freight stock”, in Modern Railways, pages 5–6:

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

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Derived terms

• consequent phrase

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-‎ (3 c, 0 e)

Translations

as a result

• Bulgarian: следващ като резултат (sledvašt kato rezultat)
• Catalan: conseqüent (ca)
• Dutch: met als gevolg
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• Greek: απορρέων (el) m (aporréon)
• Russian: ито́говый (ru) (itógovyj) (somewhat), результи́рующий (ru) (rezulʹtírujuščij) (somewhat)
• Spanish: consecuente (es)
• Tagalog: sumunod

of or pertaining to consequences

• Dutch: hiermee gepaard gaande
• Finnish: seurauksellinen
• Greek: επακόλουθος (el) m (epakólouthos)
• Russian: после́дующий (ru) (poslédujuščij), сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij)

Noun

consequent (plural consequents)

1. (logic) 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.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:

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

3. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
4. (geology) A consequent stream.
   • 1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 275:

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

Holonyms

• conditional
• See Thesaurus:argument form

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Derived terms

• affirming the consequent

Translations

the second half of a hypothetical proposition

• Finnish: takajäsen
• French: conséquent (fr) m
• Greek: συμπέρασμα (el) n (sympérasma)
• Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)
• Polish: następnik m
• Russian: сле́дствие (ru) n (slédstvije), пра́вая часть усло́вного выска́зывания f (právaja častʹ uslóvnovo vyskázyvanija), (linguistics) втора́я часть усло́вного предложе́ния (vtorája častʹ uslóvnovo predložénija)
• Spanish: consecuente (es) m
• Tagalog: sumunod

following event

• Bulgarian: следствие (bg) n (sledstvie)
• Dutch: gevolg (nl)
• Finnish: seuraus (fi)
• Russian: исхо́д (ru) m (isxód), ито́г (ru) m (itóg), после́дствие (ru) n (poslédstvije), сле́дствие (ru) n (slédstvije)

the second term of a ratio

• Basque: atzekari
• Finnish: toinen jäsen, toinen suure
• Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)
• Spanish: consecuente (es) m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin cōnsequēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.səˈkʋɛnt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: con‧se‧quent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

1. consequent, resulting
2. logically consistent

Inflection

Inflection of consequent
uninflected	consequent
inflected	consequente
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		consequent
indefinite	m./f. sing.	consequente
	n. sing.	consequent
	plural	consequente
definite		consequente
partitive		consequents

Related terms

• consequentie

Descendants

• → Indonesian: konsêkuèn

German

Adjective

consequent (strong nominative masculine singular consequenter, comparative consequenter, superlative am consequentesten)

1. Obsolete spelling of konsequent which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Declension

Positive forms of consequent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist consequent	sie ist consequent	es ist consequent	sie sind consequent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	consequenter	consequente	consequentes	consequente
	genitive	consequenten	consequenter	consequenten	consequenter
	dative	consequentem	consequenter	consequentem	consequenten
	accusative	consequenten	consequente	consequentes	consequente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der consequente	die consequente	das consequente	die consequenten
	genitive	des consequenten	der consequenten	des consequenten	der consequenten
	dative	dem consequenten	der consequenten	dem consequenten	den consequenten
	accusative	den consequenten	die consequente	das consequente	die consequenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein consequenter	eine consequente	ein consequentes	(keine) consequenten
	genitive	eines consequenten	einer consequenten	eines consequenten	(keiner) consequenten
	dative	einem consequenten	einer consequenten	einem consequenten	(keinen) consequenten
	accusative	einen consequenten	eine consequente	ein consequentes	(keine) consequenten

Comparative forms of consequent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist consequenter	sie ist consequenter	es ist consequenter	sie sind consequenter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	consequenterer	consequentere	consequenteres	consequentere
	genitive	consequenteren	consequenterer	consequenteren	consequenterer
	dative	consequenterem	consequenterer	consequenterem	consequenteren
	accusative	consequenteren	consequentere	consequenteres	consequentere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der consequentere	die consequentere	das consequentere	die consequenteren
	genitive	des consequenteren	der consequenteren	des consequenteren	der consequenteren
	dative	dem consequenteren	der consequenteren	dem consequenteren	den consequenteren
	accusative	den consequenteren	die consequentere	das consequentere	die consequenteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein consequenterer	eine consequentere	ein consequenteres	(keine) consequenteren
	genitive	eines consequenteren	einer consequenteren	eines consequenteren	(keiner) consequenteren
	dative	einem consequenteren	einer consequenteren	einem consequenteren	(keinen) consequenteren
	accusative	einen consequenteren	eine consequentere	ein consequenteres	(keine) consequenteren

Superlative forms of consequent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am consequentesten	sie ist am consequentesten	es ist am consequentesten	sie sind am consequentesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	consequentester	consequenteste	consequentestes	consequenteste
	genitive	consequentesten	consequentester	consequentesten	consequentester
	dative	consequentestem	consequentester	consequentestem	consequentesten
	accusative	consequentesten	consequenteste	consequentestes	consequenteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der consequenteste	die consequenteste	das consequenteste	die consequentesten
	genitive	des consequentesten	der consequentesten	des consequentesten	der consequentesten
	dative	dem consequentesten	der consequentesten	dem consequentesten	den consequentesten
	accusative	den consequentesten	die consequenteste	das consequenteste	die consequentesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein consequentester	eine consequenteste	ein consequentestes	(keine) consequentesten
	genitive	eines consequentesten	einer consequentesten	eines consequentesten	(keiner) consequentesten
	dative	einem consequentesten	einer consequentesten	einem consequentesten	(keinen) consequentesten
	accusative	einen consequentesten	eine consequenteste	ein consequentestes	(keine) consequentesten