| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·se·quent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n s -kw nt , -kw nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1a. Following as a natural effect, result, or conclusion: tried to prevent an oil spill and the consequent damage to wildlife. b. Following as a logical conclusion. 2. Logically correct or consistent. 3. Geology Having a position or direction determined by the original form or slope of the earth's surface: a consequent river; a consequent valley. | | NOUN: | 1. Logic The conclusion, as of a syllogism or a conditional sentence. 2. The second term of a ratio. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin c nsequ ns, cnsequent-, present participle of cnsequ , to follow closely : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + sequ, to follow; see sekw-1 in Appendix I.
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