consequently

English

WOTD – 21 October 2007

Etymology

From Middle English consequentely, consequentliche, consequently; equivalent to consequent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnsɪˌkwɛntli/, /ˈkɑːnsəˌkwɛntli/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

consequently (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.

   He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.

   • 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

     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.

   • 1904, Carlo Bourlet, translated by Harold Bolingbroke Mudie, The Esperantist, volume 1, number 8, page 116:

     While algebraical reasoning is most frequently analytical, arithmetical reasoning is generally synthetical, and, consequently, more difficult to understand.

2. (sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (3 c, 0 e)

Translations

as a result or consequence

• Arabic: بِٱلتَّالِي (bi-t-tālī)
• Bulgarian: следователно (bg) (sledovatelno)
• Catalan: conseqüentment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所以 (zh) (suǒyǐ), 於是／于是 (zh) (yúshì), 因此 (zh) (yīncǐ)

• Czech: následně (cs), potažmo (cs)
• Dutch: bijgevolg (nl)
• Esperanto: sekve
• Finnish: siitä johtuen, sen takia, sen seurauksena, niinpä (fi), näin ollen (fi), siksi (fi), täten (fi)
• French: par conséquent (fr)
• Greek: συνεπώς (el) (synepós), επομένως (el) (epoménos)
• Italian: di conseguenza
• Latin: consequenter
• Latvian: tātad
• Malayalam: തത്ഫലമായി (tatphalamāyi), അതുകൊണ്ട് (atukoṇṭŭ)
• Maori: nā konei, nō konei, nā konā, nō konā, me te aha,
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: садлан (sadlan)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: følgelig

• Old Church Slavonic: оубо (ubo)
• Polish: konsekwentnie (pl)
• Portuguese: consequentemente (pt), por conseguinte (pt)
• Russian: сле́довательно (ru) (slédovatelʹno), поэ́тому (ru) (poétomu), в результа́те (ru) (v rezulʹtáte), всле́дствие (ru) (vslédstvije)
• Spanish: consecuentemente
• Swedish: följaktligen (sv)
• Turkish: dolayısıyla (tr)
• Urdu: نَتِیجَتاً (natījtan), لِہٰذا (lihāẕā)
• Welsh: o ganlyniad
• West Frisian: fangefolgen

subsequently — see subsequently

References

• “consequently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “consequently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.