consequent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite following or accompanying as a consequence
    concomitant; accompanying; incidental; attendant; resultant; sequent; ensuant.
    • an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
    • snags incidental to the changeover in management
    • attendant circumstances
    • the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
    • the ensuant response to his appeal
    • the resultant savings were considerable

WordNet

Con"se*quent adjective
Etymology
L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. conséquent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.
Definitions
  1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
    The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.
  2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions.
Con"se*quent noun
Definitions
  1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.
    They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies.
  2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.
  3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Webster 1913