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con·se·quence [kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns] Show IPA
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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