consequent
adjective
[ ˈkɒnsɪkw(ə)nt ]
• following as a result or effect.
• "the social problems of pupils and their consequent educational difficulties"
Similar:
resulting,
resultant,
ensuing,
consequential,
following,
subsequent,
successive,
sequential,
attendant,
accompanying,
concomitant,
collateral,
associated,
related,
connected,
linked,
• (of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the original slope of the land before erosion.
consequent
noun
• the second part of a conditional proposition, whose truth is stated to be implied by that of the antecedent.
• the second or imitating voice or part in a canon.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequent- ‘overtaking, following closely’, from the verb consequi .
