different between accompanying vs consequent

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?m.p(?.)ni.??/

Adjective

accompanying (comparative more accompanying, superlative most accompanying)

1. Present together.
   • (1848) Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life, Preface:

     The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge.

Translations

References

• “accompanying” in Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

Verb

accompanying

1. present participle of accompany

Noun

accompanying (plural accompanyings)

1. That which accompanies; accompaniment.
   • 1839, William Thompson Bacon, Poems (page 46)

     He was seated / Among his equals; and a holiday / With its accompanyings — loud laughs, and jests, / And boisterous mirth — sped merrily […]

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent , from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.s?.kw?nt/

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

   His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.

2. Of or pertaining to consequences.

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Related terms

Translations

Noun

consequent (plural consequents)

1. (logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
2. An event which follows another.
   • 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued

     They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment.

3. (mathematics) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.

Holonyms

• conditional
• See Thesaurus:argument form

Coordinate terms

• antecedent

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin c?nsequ?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.s??k??nt/
• Hyphenation: con?se?quent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

consequent (not comparable)

1. consequent, resulting
2. logically consistent

Inflection

Related terms

• consequentie