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   con·se·quent

   /ˈkänsəkwənt/

   adjective

   • 1. following as a result or effect: "labor shortages would be created with a consequent increase in wages"
   • ▪ (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion.
   • ▪ logically consistent.

   noun

   • 1. a thing that follows another.
   • ▪ the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be conditional upon that of the antecedent.
   • ▪ the second term of a ratio.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequent- ‘overtaking, following closely’, from the verb consequi.

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