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Consequent

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Adjective

1. accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent

following or accompanying as a consequence

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Consequent

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adjective
1. 
following as an effect or result
2. 
following as a logical conclusion or by rational argument
3. 
(of a river) flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land or dip of the strata
noun
4. 
something that follows something else, esp as a result
5. logic
the resultant clause in a conditional sentence
6.  affirming the consequent
7.  an obsolete term for denominator (sense 1)

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Consequent

see synonyms of consequent
adjective
1. 
following as a result; resulting
2. 
proceeding in logical sequence
noun
3. 
anything that follows
4.  Logic
a. 
the second term of a conditional proposition
b. 
an inference
5.  Ancient Mathematics
the second term, denominator, or divisor of a ratio
see also antecedent

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Consequent

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adj.
1.
a. 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.
n.
1. Logic The conclusion, as of a syllogism or a conditional sentence.
2. The second term of a ratio.

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