consequent UK /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/US /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/noun 4adjective 3forms 1 noun4 •An event which follows another.They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. — 1612 •The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q." •The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent. •A consequent stream.Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more. — 1899 adjective3 •Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more. •Of or pertaining to consequences. •Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on. formsconsequents
