Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: consequent
IPA transcription: [k'ɑnsəkwənt]
Pronunciations of consequent
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent
    Meaning: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"
Usage examples
  • The oak may have the advantage in the comparison, as his locality and consequent superiority are permanent.
  • The true reproach to which aristocracy and theism are open is the thwarting of those unequal natures and the consequent suffering imposed on them all.
  • The strangest and saddest result, consequent on the suppression of the convents, was that men were made to profit by the loss which women had sustained.
  • For when matter receives its form perfectly, the qualities consequent upon the form are firm and enduring; as when, for instance, water is converted into fire.
  • The ideas we have belonging and PECULIAR TO SPIRIT, are THINKING, and WILL, or A POWER OF PUTTING BODY INTO MOTION BY THOUGHT, AND, WHICH IS CONSEQUENT TO IT, LIBERTY.
  • The distress consequent upon them, increases in proportion as the reactive powers of the organism decrease, which is more particularly the case in the present generation.
  • He had long lamented the backward condition of arts of design in England, and the consequent ugliness of the various objects in the sight and use of which human beings pass their lives.
  • For a number of years their difficulties, and consequent unhappiness, continued and rather increased, continually exciting in my breast the most fearful apprehensions, and greatest anxiety for their safety.
  • In any case, some active steps are taken which actually change some physical conditions. And apart from such steps and the consequent modification of the situation, there is no completion of the act of thinking.
  • With the extension of the empire and the consequent enormous increase in wealth and the rapid progress in social and intellectual freedom, there was a notable change in the character of the education given to women, at least to those of the wealthier and patrician families.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parliament of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording United States Declaration of Independence, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Greek mythology, License CC BY-SA 4.0