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Dictionary: con·se·quent   (kŏn'sĭ-kwĕnt', -kwənt) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Following as a natural effect, result, or conclusion: tried to prevent an oil spill and the consequent damage to wildlife.
    2. Following as a logical conclusion.
  1. Logically correct or consistent.
  2. Geology. Having a position or direction determined by the original form or slope of the earth's surface: a consequent river; a consequent valley.
n.
  1. Logic. The conclusion, as of a syllogism or a conditional sentence.
  2. The second term of a ratio.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cōnsequēns, cōnsequent-, present participle of cōnsequī, to follow closely : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sequī, to follow.]


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adjective

    Consistent with reason and intellect: intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable. See reason/unreason.

Antonyms: consequent
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adj

Definition: resultant
Antonyms: beginning, causal, causing, commencing, originating, preparatory, starting


Music: Consequent
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The second phrase in a musical period, in a fugue, the answer.

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A consequent is the second half of a hypothetical proposition. In the standard form of such a proposition, it is the part that follows "then".

Examples:

  • If P, then Q.

Q is the consequent of this hypothetical proposition.

  • If X is a mammal, then X is an animal.

Here, "X is an animal" is the consequent.

  • If computers can think, then they are alive.

"They are alive" is the consequent.

The consequent in a hypothetical proposition is not necessarily a consequence of the antecedent.

  • If monkeys are purple, then fish speak Klingon.

"Fish speak Klingon" is the consequent here, but clearly is not a consequence of (nor has anything to do with) the claim made in the antecedent that "monkeys are purple".

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Translations: Consequent
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - deraf følgende, rationel
n. - logisk følgeslutning, følgesætning

Nederlands (Dutch)
voortvloeiend uit, logisch consistent, consequentie (logica), gevolg

Français (French)
adj. - consécutif, en raison de
n. - conséquence, raison de

Deutsch (German)
n. - die Folge einer Sache, (Ling.) Nachsatz
adj. - folgend, folgerichtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνέπεια, (λογ.) ακολουθία, απόδοση (υποθετικής κρίσης)
adj. - απορρέων, επακόλουθος

Italiano (Italian)
conseguenza, conseguente, coerente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conseqüência (f)
adj. - conseqüente

Русский (Russian)
последующий, логично вытекающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - consiguiente, consecuente
n. - consecuente, consecuencia, resultado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - följd
adj. - följande, följdriktig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
必然的, 当然的, 接连发生的事情, 结果

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 必然的, 當然的
n. - 接連發生的事情, 結果

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 결과로 일어나는, 당연한
n. - 결과

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 結果として起こる, 必然的な, 結果の
n. - 結論, 帰結

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نتيجه, تأثير (صفه) تالي, ناتج, تابع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בא אחרי, נוצר מ-‬
n. - ‮דבר הבא בעקבות דבר אחר, חלקו השני של משפט תנאי (סיפא)‬


 
 
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