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語源

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sə.kwənt/, [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwənt]
• ハイフネーション: con‧se‧quent

形容詞

consequent (not comparable)

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

   His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

   • 1957 October, “Prototype Tube Trains For London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 688:

     The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs.

   • 1963 July, “News and Comment: Roller bearings for freight stock”, in Modern Railways, pages 5–6:

     Elsewhere in this issue, for example, an article on the new pattern of freight train operation in the N.E.R. consequent upon the opening this summer of its three mechanised marshalling yards shows that one effect will be a further step-up in the speed of the East Coast main line freight traffic.

2. Of or pertaining to consequences.
3. (geology) Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on.

等位語

• antecedent

派生語

関連する語

名詞

consequent (plural consequents)

1. (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
2. An event which follows another.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:

     They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

3. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
4. (geology) A consequent stream.
   • 1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 275:

     Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.

Holonyms

• conditional
• See Thesaurus:argument form

等位語

• antecedent

派生語

• affirming the consequent

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