consequent
/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/ noun C2- The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
- An event which follows another.
- The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
- A consequent stream.
Plural consequents
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Anne’s consequent humiliation was less than it might have been, however, in view of the concert and the spare-room bed.
They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority.
Marilla had something to tell Anne, but she did not tell it just then for she knew if she did Anne’s consequent excitement would lift her clear out of the region of such material matters as appetite or dinner.
d’Avrigny to superintend all the arrangements consequent upon a death in a large city, more especially a death under such suspicious circumstances.
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