consequence meaning
consequence meaning Things in a sequence come one after another, as in a number sequence of 1, 2, 3, 4. A consequence comes after, or as a result of something you do, for example, “He was given a traffic ticket as a consequence of running the red light.”
A consequence is a “result” or “conclusion,” and the Latin sequī, “to follow,” is part of its history. Most actions and acts of nature have a consequence that follows as a result. When people do something wrong, like rob a bank, the consequence will probably be prison time. If an organization works for good and finds a cure for cancer, on the other hand, people will get better as a consequence. When something occurs in nature, like a tornado touching down, destruction might be the consequence.
Definitions of consequence
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
“his decision had depressing
consequences for business”synonyms:
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- materialisation, materialization, offspringsomething that comes into existence as a result
- aftereffectany result that follows its cause after an interval
- aftermath, backwash, wakethe consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- bandwagon effectthe phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
- brisancethe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
- butterfly effectthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
- by-product, byproducta secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- changethe result of alteration or modification
- coattails effect(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
- Coriolis effect(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
- dentan appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- domino effectthe consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
- harvestthe consequence of an effort or activity
- impact, wallopa forceful consequence; a strong effect
- influencethe effect of one thing (or person) on another
- knock-on effecta secondary or incidental effect
- branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowtha natural consequence of development
- producta consequence of someone’s efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- placebo effectany effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person’s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
- position effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
- repercussion, reverberationa remote or indirect consequence of some action
- responsea result
- fallout, side effectany adverse and unwanted secondary effect
- spillover(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
- perturbation(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- purchasea means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
- winda tendency or force that influences events
- reactiona response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude
- epiphenomenona secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
- depolarisation, depolarizationa loss of polarity or polarization
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- phenomenonany state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
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- corollarya practical consequence that follows naturally
- comeupance, comeuppance, desertsan outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- fruitthe consequence of some effort or action
- sequellaa secondary consequence
- traina series of consequences wrought by an event
- payoff, reward, wagesa recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
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- final result, outcome, result, resultant, terminationsomething that results
having important effects or influence
“decisions of great
consequence are made by the president himself”“that result is of no
consequence”Antonyms:- inconsequencehaving no important effects or influence
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- matter(used with negation) having consequence
- hell to paydire consequences
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- significancethe quality of being significant
- inconsequence
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