consequently

English

WOTD – 21 October 2007

Etymology

consequent +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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

consequently (not comparable)

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.
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.
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

Related terms

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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 (zh), 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, siksi (fi), täten (fi)
French: par conséquent (fr)
Greek: συνεπώς (el) (synepós), επομένως (el) (epoménos)

Italian: di conseguenza
Latin: consequenter
Maori: nā konei, nō konei, nā konā, nō konā, me te aha,
Norwegian:
Bokmål: følgelig
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
Turkish: dolayısıyla (tr)
West Frisian: fangefolgen

subsequently — see subsequently

References

consequently in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
consequently in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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