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Definitions for Consequent
[1] following as an effect or result; resulting (often followed by on, upon, or to ): a fall in price consequent to a rise in production.
[2] following as a logical conclusion: a consequent law.
[3] following or progressing logically: consequent reasoning.
[4] anything that follows upon something else, with or without a causal relationship.
[5] Logic . the second member of a conditional proposition, as “Caesar was a great general” in “If Caesar conquered Gaul, he was a great general.”
[6] Mathematics . the second term of a ratio. the second of two vectors in a dyad.
[7] following as an effect or result
[8] following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument
[9] (of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata
[10] something that follows something else, esp as a result
[11] logic the resultant clause in a conditional sentence
[12] affirming the consequent logic the fallacy of inferring the antecedent of a conditional sentence, given the truth of the conditional and its consequent, as if John is six feet tall, he's more than five feet: he's more than five feet so he's six feet
[13] an obsolete term for denominator (def. 1)
Words related to Consequent
subsequent, indirect, ensuing, consistent, following, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, sequential, sound, successive, understandable, inferable, resulting
Words nearby Consequent
consentient, consenting adult, consentual, consequence, consequences, consequent, consequent stream, consequential, consequentialism, consequently, conservable
Origin of Consequent
1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin consequent- (stem of consequēns, present participle of consequī to follow closely). See con-, sequent
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Other words from Consequent
non·con·se·quent , adjective
Word origin for Consequent
C15: from Latin consequēns following closely, from consequī to pursue
Synonyms for Consequent
ensuing, indirect, subsequent, consistent, following, inferable, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, resulting, sensible, sequential, sound, successive, understandable