consequential
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From consequent + -ial .[1]
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
- (General American , Atlantic Canada ) IPA (key): /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
- (Canada , Boston , Maine ) IPA (key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
- (Australia ) IPA (key): /ˌkɔnsɪˈkwenʃəl/
- (New Zealand ) IPA (key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwenʃəl/, [ˌkɔ̟nsɪˈkwenʃəl]
- Hyphenation: con‧se‧quen‧tial
Adjective
[edit ]consequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)
- Following as a result.
- Having significant consequences; of importance.
- 2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial[1] :
- The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.
- Important or significant.
- (of a person) Self-important.
- 1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday[2] , page 69:
- He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.
Synonyms
[edit ]- (having significant consequences): considerable , important
Antonyms
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[edit ]Translations
[edit ]following as a result
- Catalan: conseqüent (ca)
- German: folglich (de) , entsprechend (de) , demzufolge (de) , folgerichtig (de) , daraus folgend
- Spanish: consiguiente (es)
References
[edit ]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), "consequential", in Online Etymology Dictionary .
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekw- (follow)
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