consequent
Collocations
5ADJ.
bitter, ill, spare, specified
VERB + CONSEQUENT
affirming
CONSEQUENT + NOUN
energy, example, payment, reduction
PREP.
in, on, upon, with
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
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.
Of or pertaining to consequences.
Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.
noun
The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
An event which follows another.
They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
A consequent stream.
Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — occurring with or following as a consequence
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.
WiktionaryThe 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 subsequ
WiktionaryElsewhere 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 tha
WiktionaryThey were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.
WiktionaryConsequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.
WiktionaryConsequent conduct is specified.
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