consequent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

   His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

2. 2
   noun

   An event which follows another.

   They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

3. 3
   noun

   A consequent stream.

   Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.

4. 4
   adj

   following or accompanying as a consequence

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

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