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n. Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition. See Synonyms at effect.

n. The relation of a result to its cause.

n. A logical conclusion or inference.

n. Importance in rank or position: scientists of consequence.

n. Significance; importance: an issue of consequence. See Synonyms at importance.

idiom. in consequence As a result; consequently.

n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.

n. A result of actions.

n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

n. Importance with respect to what comes after.

n. The power to influence or produce an effect.

n. importance, value, or influence

v. To threaten or punish (a child, etc.) with specific consequences for misbehaviour.

n. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

n. A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

n. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

n. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

n. Connection of cause and effect, or of antecedent and consequent; consecution.

n. That which follows from or grows out of any act, cause, proceeding, or series of actions; an event or effect produced by some preceeding influence, action, act, or cause; a consequent; a result.

n. The conclusion of a syllogism.

n. A consequent inference; deduction; specifically, in logic, a form of inference or aspect under which any inference may be regarded, having but one premise, the antecedent, and one conclusion, the consequent, the principle according to which the consequent follows from the antecedent being, like the whole inference, termed the consequence.

n. Importance; moment; significance: applied to things: as, this is a matter of consequence, or of some, little, great, or no consequence.

n. Importance; influence; distinction; note: applied to persons: as, a man of consequence.

n. plural A game in which one player writes down an adjective, the second the name of a man, the third an adjective, the fourth the name of a woman, the fifth what he said, the sixth what she said, the seventh the consequence, etc., etc., no one seeing what the others have written. After all have written, the paper is read.

n. Synonyms Result, Issue, etc. See effect.

To draw inferences; form deductions.

n. In astronomy, motion from an earlier to a later sign of the zodiac, or from west to east; direct motion.

n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

n. the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

n. having important effects or influence

"The simple meaning of the word consequence is: something that happens as a result of an action."

result    inference    importance    self-importance    in consequence    in consequence of    effect    impact   

consequential   

result    effect    end    inference    consecution    value    moment    rank    distinction    succession   

result    possibility    danger    cause    advantage    importance    aspect    spite    account    evidence