Consequence

Definition: Consequence

Consequence

Noun

1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event".

2. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual; "that result is of no consequence".

3. Having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "consequence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Consequence

Demonstration

Adverb: of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course; necessarily, of necessity.

Effect

Noun: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end; development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud.

Adverb: of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently; as a consequence, in consequence; through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.

Eventuality

Business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence; opportunity (occasion).

Importance

Noun: importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness.

Insensibility

Phrase: never mind; macht nichts, it is of no consequence; (unimportant); it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to.

Latency Implication

Implication, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment.

Unimportance

Phrase: magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; it matters not, it does not signify; it is of no consequence, it is of no importance; elephantus non capit murem; tempete dans un verre d'eau.

Unsubstantiality

Nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle; (smallness); all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra, flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil.

Crosswords: Consequence

No one of consequence. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

The only consequence of all this will be, that whenever I open a nice Bordeaux, there will be the distant, distasteful memory of a nutcase who tried to kill me because I allowed her to kiss me on the cheek under false pretenses (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

The direct consequence of the Battle of Borodino was Napoleon's flight from Moscow, the destruction of the invading army of 500,000 men, and the destruction of Napoleonic France, on which was laid for the first time, at Borodino, the hand of an adversary stronger in spirit (War and Peace; writing credit: Sergei Bondarchuk; Vasili Solovyov)

My life is a consequence. (8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter; writing credit: Stig Blyme; Lars Ellegaard)

The consequence should be (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC)

I don't care what consequence it brings (The Longest Time; performing artist: Billy Joel)

I know tomorrow brings the consequence (Criminal; performing artist: Fiona Apple)

Some Matters of Little Consequence (1971)

Consequence (2003)

Lake Consequence (1993)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Beauty to Die for: The Cosmetic Consequence (reference)

• Choice and Consequence (reference)

• Emptiness Yoga: The Middle Way Consequence School (reference)

• HotZone '99: Advanced Technology Needs for Consequence Management of Biological Terrorism (reference)

• The Consequence (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Lake Consequence (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Consequence of Speech (reference)

• Heldon V: Un Reve Sans Consequence Speciale (reference)

• Truth & Consequence (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sherman's campaign--provost marshal's office, Atlanta--citizens getting passes to go north and south, in consequence of Gen. Sherman's order for the departure of all citizens. Credit: Library of Congress.

Contrabands coming into camp in consequence of the proclamation / drawn by Mr. A.R. Waud. Credit: Library of Congress.

On a populistic basis. A forecast of the consequence of a popocratic victory to the Supreme Court of the United States / W.A. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If a controversy arise betwixt a prince and some of the people, in a matter where the law is silent, or doubtful, and the thing be of great consequence, I should think the proper umpire, in such a case, should be the body of the people: for in cases where the prince hath a trust reposed in him, and is dispensed from the common ordinary rules of the law; there, if any men find themselves aggrieved, and think the prince acts contrary to, or beyond that trust, who so proper to judge as the body of the people, (who, at first, lodged that trust in him) how far they meant it should extend? But if the prince, or whoever they be in the administration, decline that way of determination, the appeal then lies no where but to heaven; force between either persons, who have no known superior on earth, or which permits no appeal to a judge on earth, being properly a state of war, wherein the appeal lies only to heaven; and in that state the injured party must judge for himself, when he will think fit to make use of that appeal, and put himself upon it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 2: Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. (reference)

The necessary consequence of this was political centralisation. (reference)

Subsequent agreements will decide all questions not decided by the present Treaty which may arise in consequence of the cession of the said territory. (reference)

As a consequence, it is not surprising that there should be so little in the history of the Fourteenth Amendment relating to its intended effect on public education. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Woodhouses were first in consequence there

Again, this second rise of level causes a yet further immersion, and by consequence another displacement of liquid and another rise

And this is in consequence of what is called the excise upon doors and windows

A dire induction am I witness to, And will to France, hoping the consequence Will prove as bitter, black, and tragical

They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel

The consequence is, that while he is reading Adam Smith, Ricardo, and Say, he runs his father in debt irretrievably

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

There is a persistent myth that urinary incontinence is a normal consequence of aging. (references)

Most physicians assumed that AD dementia was merely an inevitable consequence of aging. (references)

Chorea may be inherited, or the consequence of an earlier infection or autoimmune disease. (references)

Business

These changes are partly a consequence of the concentration of major investments over these years. (references)

South African organizations are upgrading their applications on their networks and as a consequence require more network capacity. (references)

ROMGAZ gives special consideration to the descending evolution of the domestic gas production, as a consequence of the reservoir depletion and the reduction of research-exploration activities. (references)

Children

Marshall Islands

The law requires teachers, caregivers, and other persons to report instances of child abuse and exempts them from civil or criminal liability as a consequence of making such a report. (references)

Greece

During the year, the Ministry of Education reported that the illiteracy rate was dropping among Roma children: The school enrollment rate of Romani children increased by 17 percent, and the dropout rate decreased to 75 percent as a consequence of an identity card system, set up by the Ministry, which allows students to change schools more easily as their parents move. (references)

Civil Liberties

Nicaragua

Due to the continuing gridlock between rival journalist associations, the law has had no practical consequence. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

The trade balance was dramatically reversed as a consequence. (references)

Uruguay

Imports were led by oil imports, a consequence of higher oil prices. (references)

Portugal

A reduction in total C.G.F. use in feed is anticipated for 2000 as a consequence of dropping EU grain prices. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Doctors concluded that these bruises were not a consequence of the car accident. (references)

Central African Republic

Officials justify the unit's actions as a consequence of nonexistent prison facilities in Bangui. (references)

Chile

This is of particular consequence in human rights cases from the period covered by the Amnesty Law. (references)

Political Economy

Denmark

Party discipline, as a consequence, is very tight. (references)

Brazil

Federal deputies and senators do not always vote with their parties, a consequence of weak internal party discipline. (references)

Kazakhstan

There were instances when the Government harassed and monitored independent and opposition media, and as a consequence, many journalists practiced self-censorship. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a member of the EU single market, comprising some 370 million consumers and, as a consequence, participates in the process of developing or implementing harmonized product standards applicable in all 15 member-nations. (references)

Worker Rights

Chad

Such practices were a consequence of parental resignation, dislocation of the family unit, endemic poverty, lack of appropriate legal protection, demographic and population explosion, and civil war. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "consequence": a person of consequence ♦ accident consequence model ♦ by way of consequence ♦ in consequence ♦ in consequence of ♦ it is of no consequence ♦ logical consequence ♦ natural consequence ♦ necessary consequence ♦ of consequence ♦ unpleasant consequence. Additional references.

Afrikaans

agternadraai (consistency). (various references)

Albanian

rrjedhim (consequent), rëndësi (consideration, import, importance, intractability, magnitude, materiality, moment, prominence, prominency, significance, standing, weight), pasojë (after effect, aftermath, Dent, harvest, offspring, prejudice, reflex, result, sequel, train, wage), përfundim (afterpiece, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, denouement, derivation, development, eduction, effect, end product, event, expiration, finality, finding, finish, fulfillment, fulfilment, harvest, issue, job, lapse, last, offshoot, offspring, outcome, output, perfecting, performance, result, resume, rider, total, train, upshot, windup). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منزلة إجتماعية (class, sphere, station), ‏نتيجة منطقية, ‏نتيجة (conclusion, echo, effect, emanation, end, event, fruit, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, score, sequel, termination, upshot, work), ‏عاقبة (ramification, sequel, wage), ‏أهمية (account, consideration, import, importance, magnitude, moment, pith, prominence, significance, standing, stress, value, weight, weightiness, worth), ‏شأن (business, concern, import, importance, interest, pigeon). (various references)

Bulgarian 

следствие (consequent, effect, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, outgrowth, product, quest), значение (account, amount, consideration, denotation, hang, heft, import, importance, intention, interest, magnitude, matter, meaning, message, moment, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight), последствие (after effect, consequent, outcome, sequel), последица (after effect, backwash, effect, follow up, issue, offspring, outgrowth, progeny, ramification, repercussion, result, sequel, train, upshot), извод (conclusion, consequent, corollary, illation, implication, inference, outlet, rider, terminal). (various references)

Chinese 

后果. (various references)

Czech

závažnost (gravity, magnitude, relevance, relevancy, weight), následek (repercussion, result), dùsledek (corollary, implication, inference, ramification, result, sequel), dùležitost (concernment, greatness, importance, magnitude, relevance, stress). (various references)

Danish

følge (come after, consistency, follow, result). (various references)

Dutch

gevolg (adherents, consistency, disciples, followers, following, party, result, retinue, suite, supporters, train), consequentie (consistency). (various references)

Esperanto

sekvo, konsekvenco (consistency). (various references)

Faeroese

fylgja (accompany, come after, escort, follow). (various references)

Farsi 

پی امد (Issue, Outcome, Result), نتیجه منطقی , نتیجه (Affect, Effect, Growth, Harvest, Hatch, Outcome, Outgrwth, Resolution, Rest, Result, Sequel, Success, Upshot), اثر (Affect, Clue, Effect, Efficacy, Growth, Impress, Impression, Opus, Rake, Relic, Result, Rut, Sign, Symptom, Trace, Track, Tract, Umbrage, Vestige), دست اورد (Result), برامد (Expenditure, Expense, Issue, Outcome, Result). (various references)

Finnish

tulos (answer, finding, issue, outcome, result), seuraus (issue), seuraamus (penalty), arvo (degree, dignity, esteem, importance, prestige, rank, regard, title, value, worth). (various references)

French

conséquence (consequent, consistency). (various references)

German

konsequenz (closeness, consistency, effect), folge (aftereffect, consistency, effect, episode, installment, issue, order, outgrowth, progression, result, run, sequel, sequence, sequitur, series, succession, suite, train), Resultat (conclusion, effect, outcome, product, result). (various references)

Greek 

συνέπεια (aftermath, bearing, coherence, consistence, consistency, corollary, implication, offensive, punctuality), σημασία (acceptation, account, comprehension, denotation, import, importance, magnitude, meaning, purport, purview, significance, significancy, signification). (various references)

Hebrew 

תולדה (begetting, birth, conclusion, corollary, offspring, outcome, procreation, result, sequel, upshot), תוצאה (aftermath, effect, outcome, product, result, sequel, termination, upshot). (various references)

Hungarian

végeredmény (issue, payoff, pay-off, upshot), következtetés (come off, conclusion, deduction, derivation, discursiveness, eduction, illation, induction, inference, syllogism), következmény (aftermath, attendant, corollary, effect, entailment, inference, outcome, recoil, result, sequel, sequelae, succeeding, success, upshot), fontosság (caliber, calibre, concernment, consideration, importance, magnitude, mark, ponderosity, relevance, relevancy, stress, value), folyomány (corollary, outcome, outgrowth). (various references)

Indonesian

akibat (aftermath, result). (various references)

Italian

consequenza, conseguenza (aftermath, effect, result), conclusione logica, successione (order, sequence, series, succession), risultato (accrued, achievement, achievements, attainment, conclusion, effect, outcome, purpose, result, return, success, upshot), peso (Bob, burden, drag, gravity, heft, import, importance, load, shot, tax, weight), importanza (account, caliber, calibre, concern, concernment, import, importance, magnitude, matter, moment, momentousness, prominence, prominency, significance, stature), gioco delle conseguenze, effetto (action, effect, force, impression, operation, purpose, result, sequel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

結果　 (result), 結果 (result), 余波 (after-effect, aftermath, secondary effect, sequel, trail), 因果関係　 (causal relationship, nexus), 因果関係 (causal relationship, nexus). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いんがかんけい (causal relationship, nexus), よは (after-effect, aftermath, secondary effect, sequel, trail), けっか (absence from school, cutting class, result, river breaking through). (various references)

Korean 

결과 (Outcome, Outgrowth, result). (various references)

Malay

akibat (conclusion, consistency, effect, result). (various references)

Manx

scansh (importance, moment, momentousness, regard, respect), foaynoo (avail, availment, essence, fame, fettle, form, function, import, importance, order, reputation, state, utility, value, worth), eiyrtys (after-effects, aftermath, effect, outcome, pursuit, repercussion, result, sequel). (various references)

Norwegian

konsekvens, følge (ensue, follow). (various references)

Pig Latin

onsequencecay.(various references)

Portuguese

conseqüência (aftermath, conclusion, consecution, consistency, effect, fruit, outcome, product, progeny, result, sequel). (various references)

Romanian

consecuţie (consecution), consecinţã (aftermath, issue, result, sequel, upshot), valoare (acception, account, amount, assessment, caliber, calibre, cost, denomination, importance, interest, merit, price, purchase, quality, relief, time value, use, value, virtue, weight, worth), urmare (continuation, effect, end, following, fruit, outcome, result, sequel, succession), importanţã (account, amount, bearing, concern, consideration, extent, gravity, greatness, importance, interest, magnitude, matter, moment, pith, prominence, relevance, relevancy, relief, self-importance, significance, store, value, weight), efect (act, action, deed, effect, impact, outcome, purpose, result, tendency, working), însemnãtate (importance, magnitude, matter, moment, significance, value). (various references)

Russian 

следствие (action, effect, inquest, inquiry, investigation, result, sequence), важность (concernment, import, importance, interest, magnitude, materiality, portentousness, self-importance, significance, solemnity), значение (account, importance, meaning, meanings, purport, sense, significance, signification, store, value), последствие;последовательность, последствие (after effect, after-effect, aftermath, outcome, ramifications, repercussion). (various references)

Scottish

tàille , tàilleabh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

značaj (character, importance, moment, note, significance, weight), važnost (importance, magnitude, moment, pertinence, weight, weightiness), posledica (backwash, corollary, effect, repercussion), konsekvenca. (various references)

Spanish

consecuencia (after effect, aftermath, by product, consistence, consistency, effect, implication, issue, outcome, sequel). (various references)

Swedish

slutsats (conclusion, illation, implication, inference), konsekvens (consistence, consistency), följd (consequent, consrquence, course, implication, issue, outgrowth, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, train). (various references)

Turkish

sonuç (aftermath, close, conclusion, consequent, corollary, decision, deduction, denouement, effect, end, event, finding, fruit, harvest, inference, issue, joy, outcome, payoff, produce, product, result, resultant, sequel, show, success, sum, upshot), semere (first fruits, firstling, fruit, harvest, result), netice (conclusion, consequent, effect, result, sequel, sum, upshot), eser (achievement, baby, creation, effort, ghost, handiwork, piece, production, vestige, work), önem (accent, account, amount, consideration, emphasis, gravity, import, importance, interest, magnitude, matter, moment, prominence, regard, significance, significancy, stature, strength, stress, substantiality, value, weight). (various references)

Ukrainian

результат (conclusion, consequent, corollary, development, eduction, effect, end, issue, offspring, omnium, outcome, outgrowth, output, produce, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, result, subsequence, termination, upshot), важливість (account, amount, concern, earnest, gravity, import, importance, magnitude, moment, notability, pregnancy, seriousness, significance, significancy), висновок (amen, conclusion, corollary, deduction, educt, eduction, illation, inference, peroration), наслідок (after effect, conclusion, consequent, corollary, effect, event, heritage, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, produce, progeny, sequel, sequence), значення (account, bearing, знаЧеннЯ [n], import, intent, meaning, purport, sense, significance, significancy, signification, sound, value, weight). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vậy thì (ergo, therefore, thereupon), tính trọng đại vì thế, như vậy thì, hậu quả (event, issue, outcome, repercussion). (various references)

Welsh

canlyniad (result). (various references)

consequens, consequenti, eventus, eventus, eventum. (various references)

corollarium, sequela. (various references)

consequence. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "consequence": consequences. (additional references)

Words ending with "consequence": inconsequence. (additional references)

Words containing "consequence": inconsequences. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Consequence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cinsequence, concequence, conscequence, consecuence, consequece, consequense, conslequence. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: enounces, ensconce, sequence.

-4 letters: enounce.

-5 letters: nonces, nonuse, ounces, queens, sconce, unseen.

+1 letter: consequences.

+2 letters: inconsequence.

+3 letters: inconsequences.