Meanings
- conjunctivenot comparableAs a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.
2 more examples
He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548While algebraical reasoning is most frequently analytical, arithmetical reasoning is generally synthetical, and, consequently, more difficult to understand.
1904, Carlo Bourlet, translated by Harold Bolingbroke Mudie, The Esperantist, volume 1, number 8, page 116 - not comparableobsoletesequencesubsequently, following after in time or sequence.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverb(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
adverbas a consequence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishconsequentely
- Englishconsequently
From Middle English consequentely, consequentliche, consequently; equivalent to consequent + -ly.
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Arabic بِٱلتَّالِي, وَعَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ
- بِٱلتَّالِي (bi-t-tālī)as a result or consequence
- وَعَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ (waʕalayhi faʔinna)as a result or consequence
Bulgarian следователно
- следователно (sledovatelno)as a result or consequence
Catalan conseqüentment
- conseqüentmentas a result or consequence
Chinese Mandarin 所以, 於是 /于是
- 所以 (suǒyǐ)as a result or consequence
- 於是 /于是 (yúshì)as a result or consequence
- 因此 (yīncǐ)as a result or consequence
Czech následně, potažmo
- následněas a result or consequence
- potažmoas a result or consequence
Dutch bijgevolg
- bijgevolgas a result or consequence
Esperanto sekve
- sekveas a result or consequence
Finnish siitä johtuen, sen takia
- siitä johtuenas a result or consequence
- sen takiaas a result or consequence
- sen seurauksenaas a result or consequence
- niinpäas a result or consequence
- näin ollenas a result or consequence
- siksias a result or consequence
- tätenas a result or consequence
French par conséquent
- par conséquentas a result or consequence
Greek συνεπώς, επομένως
- συνεπώς (synepós)as a result or consequence
- επομένως (epoménos)as a result or consequence
Italian di conseguenza
- di conseguenzaas a result or consequence
Latin consequenter
- consequenteras a result or consequence
Latvian tātad
- tātadas a result or consequence
Māori nā konei, nō konei
- nā koneias a result or consequence
- nō koneias a result or consequence
- nā konāas a result or consequence
- nō konāas a result or consequence
- me te ahaas a result or consequence
Norwegian Bokmål følgelig
- følgeligas a result or consequence
Polish konsekwentnie
- konsekwentnieas a result or consequence
Portuguese consequentemente, por conseguinte
- consequentementeas a result or consequence
- por conseguinteas a result or consequence
Russian сле́довательно, поэ́тому
- сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno)as a result or consequence
- поэ́тому (poétomu)as a result or consequence
- в результа́те (v rezulʹtáte)as a result or consequence
- всле́дствие (vslédstvije)as a result or consequence
Spanish consecuentemente
- consecuentementeas a result or consequence
Swedish följaktligen
- följaktligenas a result or consequence
Turkish dolayısıyla
- dolayısıylaas a result or consequence
Ukrainian відповідно, як наслідок
- відповідно (vidpovidno)as a result or consequence
- як наслідок (jak naslidok)as a result or consequence
Urdu نَتِیجَتاً, لِہٰذا
- نَتِیجَتاً (natījtan)as a result or consequence
- لِہٰذا (lihāẕā)as a result or consequence
Welsh o ganlyniad
- o ganlyniadas a result or consequence
Cite this entry
consequently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequently
“consequently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequently. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consequently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consequently.
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