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con·se·quence

   [kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns]
noun
1.
the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
2.
an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome.
3.
the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference.
4.
importance or significance: a matter of no consequence.
5.
importance in rank or position; distinction: a man of great consequence in art.
Idioms
6.
in consequence, consequently; as a result; hence: He withdrew from the world, and in consequence was forgotten.
7.
in consequence of, as a result of; on account of: A trial was held in consequence of the investigation.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin consequentia. See consequent, -ence

Related forms
non·con·se·quence, noun
su·per·con·se·quence, noun

Synonyms
1. outcome, issue, upshot, sequel. See effect. 4. moment, weight. See importance.

Antonyms
1. cause.

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consequences (ˈkɒnsɪkwənsɪz)
 
—pl n
(Brit) (functioning as singular) a game in which each player writes down a part of a story, folds over the paper, and passes it on to another player who continues the story. After several stages, the resulting (nonsensical) stories are read out

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consequence
late 14c., from O.Fr. consequence "result," from L. consequentia, from consequentem (nom. consequens), prp. of consequi "to follow after," from com- "with" + sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Sense of "importance" (c.1600) is from notion of being "pregnant with consequences."
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consequences
see consequence. As the name of a round game, attested from 1796.
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