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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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