consequently

English

WOTD – 21 October 2007

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) consequent +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnsɪˌkwɛntli/, /ˈkɑːnsəˌkwɛntli/

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Adverb

consequently (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.

   He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.

   • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

     He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.

2. (sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Translations

as a result or consequence

• Arabic: بِٱلتَّالِي (bi-t-tālī)
• Bulgarian: следователно (bg) (sledovatelno)
• Catalan: conseqüentment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所以 (zh) (suǒyǐ), 於是／于是 (zh) (yúshì), 于是 (zh) (yúshì), 因此 (zh) (yīncǐ)

• Czech: následně (cs), potažmo (cs)
• Dutch: bijgevolg (nl)
• Esperanto: sekve
• Finnish: siitä johtuen, sen takia, sen seurauksena, niinpä (fi), näin ollen, siksi (fi), täten (fi)
• French: par conséquent (fr)
• Greek: συνεπώς (el) (synepós), επομένως (el) (epoménos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: di conseguenza
• Latin: consequenter
• Latvian: tātad
• Maori: nā konei, nō konei, nā konā, nō konā, me te aha,
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følgelig

• Polish: konsekwentnie (pl)
• Portuguese: consequentemente (pt), por conseguinte (pt)
• Russian: сле́довательно (ru) (slédovatelʹno), поэ́тому (ru) (poétomu), в результа́те (ru) (v rezulʹtáte), всле́дствие (ru) (vslédstvije)
• Spanish: consecuentemente
• Turkish: dolayısıyla (tr)
• West Frisian: fangefolgen

subsequently — see subsequently

References

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