different between impending vs consequent

English

Etymology

From impend +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?nd??/

Adjective

impending (not comparable)

1. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.

Synonyms

• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also Thesaurus:impending

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Translations

Verb

impending

1. present participle of impend

   The hurricane is impending.

Noun

impending (plural impendings)

1. Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
   • 1994, Steve Garvey, quoted in 2000, Nicholas Barnes, Ainin H. Garvey, The Lost Writings of Steve Garvey (page 23)

     Although I do think about death quite regularly, my intense fear of lesser impendings has taught me that the only way I will survive it is to remain objective […]

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

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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