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consequently en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /ˈkɑnsəˌkwɛntli/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (California) audio
  • /ˈkɔnsɪˌkwentli/ (Australia)
  • /ˈkɑnsɪˌkwɛntli/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
  • audio Queensland

Etymology

From Middle English consequentely, consequentliche, consequently; equivalent to consequent + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (conjunctive, not-comparable) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
    • He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner. 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548
    • While algebraical reasoning is most frequently analytical, arithmetical reasoning is generally synthetical, and, consequently, more difficult to understand. 1904, Carlo Bourlet, translated by Harold Bolingbroke Mudie, The Esperantist, volume 1, number 8, page 116:
    • He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete, sequence) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Translations (50)

cs následně (as a result or consequence) · cmn 於是 /于是 (as a result or consequence) · cu оубо (as a result or consequence) · it di conseguenza (as a result or consequence) · lv tātad (as a result or consequence) · pl konsekwentnie (as a result or consequence) · el συνεπώς (as a result or consequence) · sv följaktligen (as a result or consequence) · ar وَعَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ (as a result or consequence) · es consecuentemente (as a result or consequence) · fi näin ollen (as a result or consequence) · mi nō konei (as a result or consequence) · mi nā konei (as a result or consequence) · bg следователно (as a result or consequence) · ur لِہٰذا (as a result or consequence) · ur نَتِیجَتاً (as a result or consequence) · ml തത്ഫലമായി (as a result or consequence) · fi täten (as a result or consequence) · mhr садлан (as a result or consequence) · uk відповідно (as a result or consequence) · fi siitä johtuen (as a result or consequence) · nb følgelig (as a result or consequence) · ar بِٱلتَّالِي (as a result or consequence) · cs potažmo (as a result or consequence) · ru сле́довательно (as a result or consequence) · ml അതുകൊണ്ട് (as a result or consequence) · ru всле́дствие (as a result or consequence) · nl bijgevolg (as a result or consequence) · la consequenter (as a result or consequence) · tr dolayısıyla (as a result or consequence) · fi sen seurauksena (as a result or consequence) · fr par conséquent (as a result or consequence) · fi sen takia (as a result or consequence) · mi nō konā (as a result or consequence) · cmn 因此 (as a result or consequence) · pt consequentemente (as a result or consequence) · eo sekve (as a result or consequence) · ru поэ́тому (as a result or consequence) · ca conseqüentment (as a result or consequence) · mi nā konā (as a result or consequence) · fy fangefolgen (as a result or consequence) · fi siksi (as a result or consequence) · cy o ganlyniad (as a result or consequence) · ru в результа́те (as a result or consequence) · uk як наслідок (as a result or consequence) · el επομένως (as a result or consequence) · mi me te aha (as a result or consequence) · fi niinpä (as a result or consequence) · pt por conseguinte (as a result or consequence) · cmn 所以 (as a result or consequence)