adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET:K AA1 N S AH0 K W AH0 N T L IY0
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adv
Meaning 1
As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: conjunctive, not-comparable
Examples
He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, sequence
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
consequently, he didn't do it
continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: accordingly
Antonyms: none provided
4
adverb
Meaning 4
as a consequence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: therefore
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English consequentely, consequentliche, consequently; equivalent to consequent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
بِٱلتَّالِي
(bi-t-tālī)
— as a result or consequence
Arabic:
وَعَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ
(waʕalayhi faʔinna)
— as a result or consequence
Bulgarian:
следователно
(sledovatelno)
— as a result or consequence
Catalan:
conseqüentment
— as a result or consequence
Chinese Mandarin:
所以
(suǒyǐ)
— as a result or consequence
Chinese Mandarin:
於是 /于是
(yúshì)
— as a result or consequence
Chinese Mandarin:
因此
(yīncǐ)
— as a result or consequence
Czech:
následně
— as a result or consequence
Czech:
potažmo
— as a result or consequence
Dutch:
bijgevolg
— as a result or consequence
Esperanto:
sekve
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
siitä johtuen
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
sen takia
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
sen seurauksena
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
niinpä
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
näin ollen
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
siksi
— as a result or consequence
Finnish:
täten
— as a result or consequence
French:
par conséquent
— as a result or consequence
West-Frisian:
fangefolgen
— as a result or consequence
Greek:
συνεπώς
(synepós)
— as a result or consequence
Greek:
επομένως
(epoménos)
— as a result or consequence
Italian:
di conseguenza
— as a result or consequence
Latin:
consequenter
— as a result or consequence
Latvian:
tātad
— as a result or consequence
Malayalam:
തത്ഫലമായി
(tatphalamāyi)
— as a result or consequence
Malayalam:
അതുകൊണ്ട്
(atukoṇṭŭ)
— as a result or consequence
Māori:
nā konei
— as a result or consequence
Māori:
nō konei
— as a result or consequence
Māori:
nā konā
— as a result or consequence
Māori:
nō konā
— as a result or consequence
Māori:
me te aha
— as a result or consequence
Eastern Mari:
садлан
(sadlan)
— as a result or consequence
Norwegian Bokmål:
følgelig
— as a result or consequence
Old Church Slavonic:
оубо
(ubo)
— as a result or consequence
Polish:
konsekwentnie
— as a result or consequence
Portuguese:
consequentemente
— as a result or consequence
Portuguese:
por conseguinte
— as a result or consequence
Russian:
сле́довательно
(slédovatelʹno)
— as a result or consequence
Russian:
поэ́тому
(poétomu)
— as a result or consequence
Russian:
в результа́те
(v rezulʹtáte)
— as a result or consequence
Russian:
всле́дствие
(vslédstvije)
— as a result or consequence
Spanish:
consecuentemente
— as a result or consequence
Swedish:
följaktligen
— as a result or consequence
Turkish:
dolayısıyla
— as a result or consequence
Ukrainian:
відповідно
(vidpovidno)
— as a result or consequence
Ukrainian:
як наслідок
(jak naslidok)
— as a result or consequence
Urdu:
نَتِیجَتاً
(natījtan)
— as a result or consequence
Urdu:
لِہٰذا
(lihāẕā)
— as a result or consequence