English Explanatory Dictionary

consequence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
  2. An unwanted or unpleasant effect.
  3. consecution; chain of causes and effects.
  4. conclusion, deduction or inference; the thing concluded.
  5. Importance, influence, or significance.
verb
  1. To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/ /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwɛns/ /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/ En-us-consequence.ogg /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwens/ /ˈkɒn.sə.kwens/ [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwens]

Word forms

consequence consequences consequencing consequenced

Etymology

From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence, from Latin consequentia. While analysable as con- + sequence, its adjective form has a different origin.

Synonyms

aftercome repercussion implication moment distinction rank value

Related words

causality effect impact

Derived words

actions have consequences as a consequence of consequenceless in consequence inconsequence law of unintended consequences legal consequence misconsequence nonconsequence of consequence unintended consequence

Translations

Afrikaans: gevolg Albanian: pasojat Arabic: عَاقِبَة Arabic: نَتِيجَة Armenian: հետեւանք Azerbaijani: aqibət Azerbaijani: nəticə Belarusian: насту́пства Bulgarian: сле́дствие Bulgarian: после́дствие Bulgarian: после́дица Bulgarian: резулта́т Bulgarian: и́звод Bulgarian: заключе́ние Burmese: ဝိပါက် Burmese: ဝိပါကဝဋ် Burmese: အကျိုး Catalan: conseqüència Chinese Mandarin: 後果 /后果 Chinese Mandarin: 結果 /结果 Czech: důsledek Czech: následek Danish: konsekvens Danish: bagslag Dutch: gevolg Dutch: consequentie Esperanto: sekvo Esperanto: konsekvenco Esperanto: rezulto Finnish: seuraus Finnish: jälkiseuraus Finnish: seuraamus French: conséquence Galician: consecuencia Galician: resultado Georgian: შედეგი German: Konsequenz German: Folge Greek: συνέπεια Hebrew: תּוֹצָאָה Hebrew: הַשְׁלָכָה Hindi: परिणाम Hindi: नतीजा Hungarian: következmény Hungarian: okozat Icelandic: afleiðing Indonesian: akibat Irish: iarmhairt Italian: conseguenza Japanese: 結果 Kazakh: нәтиже Kazakh: салдар Khmer: ផលវិបាក Khmer: វិបាក Korean: 결과 Northern Kurdish: netîce Northern Kurdish: encam Kyrgyz: натыйжа Lao: ຜົນ Latin: cōnsequentia Macedonian: последица Malay: akibat Norwegian Bokmål: konsekvens Norwegian Bokmål: følge Old English: finta Pashto: عاقبت Pashto: نتيجه
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