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CONSEQUENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having important effects or influence
Example:
that result is of no consequence
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("consequence" is a kind of...):
significance (the quality of being significant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consequence"):
matter ((used with negation) having consequence)
hell to pay (dire consequences)
Antonym:
inconsequence (having no important effects or influence)
Derivation:
consequential (having important issues or results)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
Synonyms:
aftermath; consequence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("consequence" is a kind of...):
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consequence"):
corollary (a practical consequence that follows naturally)
comeupance; comeuppance; just deserts; poetic justice (an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting)
fruit (the consequence of some effort or action)
sequella (a secondary consequence)
train (a series of consequences wrought by an event)
payoff; reward; wages (a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Example:
he acted very wise after the event
Synonyms:
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("consequence" is a kind of...):
phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consequence"):
harvest (the consequence of an effort or activity)
impact; wallop (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)
influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)
knock-on effect (a secondary or incidental effect)
branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth (a natural consequence of development)
product (a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances)
placebo effect (any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs)
position effect ((genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome)
repercussion; reverberation (a remote or indirect consequence of some action)
response (a result)
fallout; side effect (any adverse and unwanted secondary effect)
spillover ((economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure)
domino effect (the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall))
dent (an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening))
Coriolis effect ((physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere)
coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)
change (the result of alteration or modification)
by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)
butterfly effect (the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago)
brisance (the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion)
bandwagon effect (the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity)
aftermath; backwash; wake (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event))
aftereffect (any result that follows its cause after an interval)
materialisation; materialization; offspring (something that comes into existence as a result)
Derivation:
consequent (occurring with or following as a consequence)
Context examples:
But it has low levels of micronutrients particularly pro-vitamin A and iron. The consequences of vitamin A deficiency are severe.
(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Scientists found that mice carrying the Met68BDNF gene variant, which reduces the release of brain-derived neurotrophic (BDNF) factor, would consume excessive amounts of alcohol, despite negative consequences.
(New study identifies gene variant linked to compulsive drinking, NIH)
For her own gratification she could have wished that something might be acted, for she had never seen even half a play, but everything of higher consequence was against it.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Several monoamine oxidase inhibitors are useful as antidepressants apparently as a long-term consequence of their modulation of catecholamine levels.
(Antidepressant Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
These behaviors can lead to maladaptive consequences in the affected individual's life.
(Attention Deficit Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The untoward medical consequence (or experience) of an unintentional inhalation of oro-pharyngeal or gastric contents into trachea or the lung airways.
(Aspiration Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
An anxiety disorder in which the symptoms of anxiety have been determined to be the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition.
(Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
Such a system could be formed as a consequence of the merger, billions of years earlier, of two galaxies that each contained a supermassive black hole.
(Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy, NASA)
Based on these findings, the scientists suggest that selectively blocking the SGLT-1 receptor could provide a way to slow down glucose uptake to prevent or treat cardiometabolic disease and its consequences.
(Gene mutation points to new way to fight diabetes, obesity, heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
"This will have consequences for ecological and evolutionary interactions, including mating, predation, and habitat selection."
(Study considers sensory impacts of environmental change on ocean species, National Science Foundation)
