Standard Lemma guide

consequently

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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑnsɪˌkwɛntli/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈkɑnsəˌkwɛntli/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɒnsɪˌkwɛntli/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˈkɔnsɪˌkwentli/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N S AH0 K W AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AA1 N S AH0 K W EH2 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

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
  • Welsh: o ganlyniad — as a result or consequence
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