Read full poem →To you that all so strangely estimate
The purpose and the consequent estate
Of one short shuddering step to the Unseen.
Dictionary Entry
The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
In a Sentence
“In the statement “If it rains, then the game will be canceled,” the consequent is “the game will be canceled.””
Origin
From Latin consequentem, the present participle of consequere “to follow”
Common Phrases
upon consequentloss consequentincrease consequentreduction consequent. consequentneed consequentconsequent par
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Poetry examples for “consequent”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →evil— which in nature are wholly separate and opposed, are joined by
the dramatist. The interweaving of the consequent patterns is one of
the aspects of this tragedy the reader will want to explore for himself.
Read full poem →The "Separation" and its consequent exile afforded a pretext and an
opportunity for the publication of a crop of spurious verses. Of these
Read full poem →The continence of vegetables, birds, animals,
The consequent meanness of me should I skulk or find myself indecent,
while birds and animals never once skulk or find themselves indecent,