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   Con·se·quen·tial

   /ˌkänsəˈkwen(t)SHəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. following as a result or effect: "a loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds" Similar resultingresultantensuingconsequentfollowingsubsequentsuccessivesequentialattendantaccompanyingconcomitantcollateralassociatedrelatedconnectedlinkedOpposite causalunrelated
   • ▪ resulting from an act, but not immediately and directly: "consequential damages"
   • 2. important; significant: "perhaps the most consequential discovery of the eighteenth century" Similar importantsignificantmajormomentousof momentweightymaterialmeatyappreciablememorablefar-reachinglife-changingseriousof consequenceof great importof significanceOpposite insignificantminor

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin consequentia (see consequence) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. consequentiality noun
   • 2. consequentially adverb

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