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consequential

[ kon-si-kwen-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  2. following as a logical conclusion or inference; logically consistent.
  3. of significance or importance:

    His writings offer insight into his personality, opinions, and strengths, and show early evidence of the consequential man he would become.

  4. having important effects or results:

    Being a lawyer, I knew that a consequential decision should not depend on an informal phone conversation.

  5. Archaic. self-important; pompous.


consequential

/ 藢办蓲苍蝉瑟藞办飞蓻苍蕛蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. important or significant
  2. self-important; conceited
  3. following as a consequence; resultant, esp indirectly

    consequential loss

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Although both consequential and consequent can refer to something which happens as the result of something else, consequent is more common in this sense in modern English: the new measures were put into effect, and the consequent protest led to the dismissal of those responsible
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Derived Forms

  • 藢肠辞苍蝉别藢辩耻别苍迟颈藞补濒颈迟测, noun
  • 藢肠辞苍蝉别藞辩耻别苍迟颈补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈路补濒路颈路迟测 [kon-si-kwen-shee-, al, -i-tee], 肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒 adjective
  • non路肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒路濒测 adverb
  • non路肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • non路肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈路补濒路颈路迟测 noun
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒 adjective
  • qua路si-肠辞苍路蝉别路辩耻别苍路迟颈补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of consequential1

First recorded in 1620鈥30; from Latin consequenti(a) 鈥渟equence (of events), logical sequence鈥 + -al adjective suffix; consequence, -al 1
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While Smith has dismissed talk of outright separation as "nonsense", critics have accused her of stoking the flames at such a consequential time for Canada's future.

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Over 12 profoundly consequential years for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis steered it into uncharted territory and did so in ways that will resonate long into the future.

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The Welsh Conservatives said the consequential funding Wales received as a result of the UK government's increased childcare spending should be used "to replicate England's policy of 30 hours of free childcare for all under-fives".

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As a result, the trade has proven to be among the most consequential in the Western Conference, reinvigorating a team that saw a season-long five-game losing streak end in Kuzmenko鈥檚 debut.

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Zeldin described the announcement in March as the 鈥済reatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.鈥

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