CONSEQUENCE


Meaning of CONSEQUENCE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a direct result/consequence

Many illnesses here are a direct consequence of bad diet.

a likely effect/consequence

Consider the options open to you, and their likely consequences.

catastrophic consequences

The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences .

devastating consequences/results

a terrible disease with devastating results

dire consequences

warnings of dire consequences that often don’t come true

disastrous effects/consequences/results

Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth.

inevitable consequence/result

Disease was an inevitable consequence of poor living conditions.

probable outcome/consequence/result

The probable result of global warming will be a rise in sea levels.

profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc

Tolstoy’s experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.

The mother’s behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child.

serious consequences

Neglecting to make a proper will can have serious consequences.

suffer the consequences

If they cannot learn to adapt, they will suffer the consequences.

the consequences of failure

The political consequences of failure would be defeat at the next election.

undesirable effects/consequences etc

The drug may have other undesirable effects.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

adverse

Failure to persuade medical staff of the adverse consequences on patient care should be reported to the next level of management.

Hospital stays for these patients could be safely limited to 24 to 48 hours with no apparent adverse consequences .

Some of these cost very little, if anything, but all have been shown to ameliorate the adverse consequences of change.

Because of adverse tax consequences , consider owning these bonds in a tax-deferred account.

Not only are there few adverse occupational consequences , but there is very little social scandal.

The tenant will, however, need to ensure that too wide a use will not have adverse consequences on rent review.

Press and television reports on the adverse consequences of the centre's decision may lead to the decision being reconsidered.

dire

As a result, at least some of the Bill's dire consequences were mitigated.

Both suggest, either by statement or implication, that Buchanan is an extremist and warn of dire consequences to his nomination.

The conditions may sound wonderful, but they can have dire consequences .

Most came to realize that leading such an imbalanced life led to dire consequences .

John Gibson highlights the regressive aspects of recent local government financial reform, and predicts dire consequences for the urban poor.

There are coaches who can use this disparity to full advantage, without dire recruiting consequences .

He also warned of dire consequences such as hyper-inflation if the country failed to maintain a unified budget and a co-ordinated fiscal policy.

The sweep into Putumayo promises equally dire consequences .

direct

The report had been generally very favourable and his and his colleagues' morale had improved as a direct consequence .

The first of these events was a direct consequence of the war.

The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May.

In the long run, however, some results are expected to be demonstrated which have direct economic consequences .

This was often a direct consequence of bad diet: too much matooke and nothing else.

The outcome of the election is, at least in simple majority systems, a direct arithmetic consequence of the individual votes cast.

The bruise is a direct causal consequence of the bump.

Each operator adds a single new fact which is a direct consequence of what is known already.

disastrous

I remember November 5, 1953, when a tendency to clear up had rather a disastrous consequence .

Each man lacks the stamina to confront the disastrous consequences of unbridled and law-breaking greed.

This can have disastrous consequences for growing horses who need calcium for bone formation.

It is untested, too risky and too vulnerable to disastrous financial consequences .

Unfortunately for the United States, hewing to the status quo could have disastrous unintended consequences .

It would, however, have disastrous consequences for the poor and in the long term for society as a whole.

Declines in stocking levels can also have disastrous consequences if combined with tourist use.

Environmentalists warn that deforestation of this critical watershed area could have disastrous consequences for downstream regions.

economic

There are obvious economic consequences of this problem for firms.

The ratings of the program dropped and the network, apparently fearing the economic consequences , reinstated Rooney.

This time delay can have safety and/or economic consequences hence the need to accelerate the experts' diagnosis and decision processes.

The growing burden of paperwork is persuasive evidence of bureaucratic indifference to the economic consequences of red. tape.

They may therefore be able to force governments to examine the economic consequences of bowing too readily to environmental prejudices.

Marriage has social and economic consequences that extend beyond two people.

The social and economic consequences of mass exodus for the countries receiving those affected will be examined.

In the long run, however, some results are expected to be demonstrated which have direct economic consequences .

environmental

Some of the environmental consequences have been deeply negative.

While addressing this economic question, how can we use natural gas to mitigate the environmental consequences of increased coal burning?

It commented, too, on the environmental and ecological consequences .

We have difficulty making even the most obvious connections between human activities and their environmental consequences .

In addition, the social, employment and environmental consequences of open cast mining are the subjects of quite varied interpretations.

Yet the environmental consequences of unchecked population growth will be devastating.

However, nothing is known about the long-term environmental consequences - or even effectiveness - of using the ocean beds as dumps.

This has had damaging environmental consequences , such as creating new pressures for house building and increasing reliance on car-based transport.

financial

It can have far-reaching financial consequences affecting not just you, but your home and family too.

These considerations imply that their extra compensation pays only for their value of survival and part of its financial consequences .

It is important to bear in mind that these financial consequences have, until very recently, remained largely hidden.

It is untested, too risky and too vulnerable to disastrous financial consequences .

Because neither life insurance nor private health plans normally cover you against the financial consequences of a seriously disabling accident.

If the figures or the financial consequences are in dispute then that must be stated.

Faced with the financial consequences of its commitment to a hard law and order policy the Government has attempted a conjuring trick.

important

Clearly, individual gains, in terms of meeting individual needs, have important collective consequences in a trade union.

Intentions become more important than the consequences of actions.

A further important consequence was the more rapid implementation of planned petrochemical projects in response to sharp rises in oil production and oil prices.

One of the most important consequences of the war was the hardening of ideological and political lines between North and South.

A further important consequence was an increase in the importance of the national governments relative to the authority of the Commission.

Yet it is clear that transport costs can have important consequences in the presence of economies of scale.

As the links between painting and teaching are close, the mixture of the two elements has important consequences .

The predominantly middle-class character of the suburbs and the commuting population was to have important social consequences .

inevitable

Felt was an almost inevitable consequence of keeping woolly sheep.

Such loyalty is by no means automatic or the inevitable consequence of propinquity.

There were exaggerated expectations for one thing, a more or less inevitable consequence of those golden years.

This knowledge brings solace, because the organization is familiar with the inevitable consequences and believes it can effectively deal with them.

This is partly the inevitable consequence of gender being socially constructed.

Judgemade economic policy seems an almost inevitable consequence of a balanced-budget amendment in our litigious society.

Such a proliferation of bureaucracy is an inevitable consequence of the expansion of the activities of the state.

Finally, restricting has the inevitable consequence of spreading unhealthy fear throughout an organization.

likely

It is most important that the patient considers the likely consequences of different ways of trying to achieve goals.

An evaluation can also indicate with some authority what are likely outcomes or consequences of recommended revisions.

They are like charts which allow predictions to be made about the likely consequences of taking different courses of action.

The process leading up to this and its likely consequences for teaching are discussed in detail in the article by Walsh.

Soviet television crews were taken to the site, telegenic Soviet doctors were produced to discuss the likely consequences .

In the absence of systematic research on these questions one can only speculate on the likely consequences of changes in employment practices.

Next, you have to consider the options open to you and their likely consequences .

After an election, this policy has to be reversed to avoid the likely inflationary consequences .

natural

These relationships were a natural consequence of evolution working to produce mutual interactions from which all the species involved would benefit.

Fire follows bugs as a natural consequence .

In particular, the counsellor can counter the belief that pain and illness are the natural and unavoidable consequences of growing old.

Instead, it is a natural consequence of convection in a sphere.

De-hospitalization can be seen as a natural consequence of the decline in numbers of old long-stay patients.

Instead we should see it as the natural consequence of trying to change schools from the top down.

There is a morality of natural consequences .

The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness.

necessary

Neither is upward mobility, rising income or independence a necessary consequence of their diligence.

These are, however, necessary consequences of the division of labour and the consequent role of trust in social relationships.

In neither ease was the omission a necessary consequence of the intellectual stance of the two schools.

That stratification would occur as a necessary consequence of the alienation of labour.

negative

As will be seen, however, this high commitment of the training staff had both positive and negative consequences .

And will the label have negative consequences for the person to whom it is applied?

What Simmel accomplishes is a realization of the inseparability of the positive and negative consequences of these social transformations.

This report deals with the positive and negative consequences of activities and behaviors from a health and medical point of view.

The negative consequences of inappropriate behaviour should be predictable to the child: he/she should know what to expect.

Lack of this awareness can have serious negative consequences .

And I have indicated some of the negative consequences of pragmatic failure.

If such labeling had some positive effects, it might be worth risking the negative consequences for those who are labeled abnormal.

political

The political consequences of marriage were frequently cancelled out by other counter-alliances.

We try to focus completely on the policy, but we are not unaware of the political consequences .

Attempts to change the land-based activities that cause coastal pollution would have far-reaching economic, political and social consequences .

But how could such an act not be fraught with political implications and consequences ?

From Raymond Williams I learnt the political and moral consequences and obligations of being educated away from the life you were born into.

There can be no political morality without prudence; that is, without consideration of the political consequences of seemingly moral action.

Ethics in the abstract judges action by its conformity with the moral law; political ethics judges action by its political consequences .

possible

There is another possible consequence of this change, which may or may not have been intended.

I would come up with any possible imaginable consequence .

These raised marine deposits point to possible consequences of a global rise in sea level resulting from climatic change.

These actual and possible consequences make it clear that the course adopted by the judge was wrong.

Both the reasons for the war and the possible consequences have been mired in confusion from the beginning.

Maybe young people carry knives for effect, without considering possible consequences .

The child must be fully aware of what he is consenting to and what the possible consequences may be.

practical

Unless the slope of the baseline drift is very steep the decline has few practical consequences except to sharpen competitive pressures.

When families fall short, society has to cope with the practical consequences .

The practical consequences of time limits which are not of the essence of the contract are such that they are virtually meaningless.

By this time, Leibniz was moving outward toward an application of his system with practical consequences .

The regime is abstract in concept, political in intent and largely insensitive to practical consequences in a highly practical industry.

The practical consequence has previously been that prolonged autoradiographic techniques were required.

For some Ajdabiyans the cases of Carnation Milk provided an amusing commentary on official inconsistency without having any practical consequences .

This is a nicety, perhaps with no practical consequences .

profound

And this had profound consequences for the functioning of each system.

As a result, what we see is consistently open to interpretation, often with profound and tragic consequences .

The electric light was an invention with profound existential consequences .

December is a month when what is said and who you meet could have profound consequences .

It was a defeat which was to have profound and far-reaching consequences for state medical regulation of sexuality.

They are worried that genetic differences imported into the native flora will have profound ecological consequences .

As these change, so do capacities for different forms of political action, with profound consequences for the Labour Party.

serious

Some believe accident might have had even more serious consequences .

Lack of this awareness can have serious negative consequences .

Very serious consequences can and do follow from people or organisations being indifferent to the results of their actions.

It is estimated that 10 to 30 percent of adults snore and have no serious medical consequences as a result.

This is having serious consequences for local employment, as it has done elsewhere.

They try too hard to engineer a safe environment for their child and, in so doing, interfere substantially-with serious consequences .

They may catch other infections such as measles or chicken-pox, with serious consequences due to their deficient immune system.

If unfavorable patterns emerged, we could address them quickly before they had serious consequences .

social

One person's disobedience can have awful social consequences for many other innocent people.

Therefore she must be prepared to remain single, and accept the social consequences of her decision.

This form of destitution in the midst of plenty is not only morally obscene; it has social consequences which affect everyone.

Marriage has social and economic consequences that extend beyond two people.

In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.

Feedback also had positive social consequences .

Attempts to change the land-based activities that cause coastal pollution would have far-reaching economic, political and social consequences .

The predominantly middle-class character of the suburbs and the commuting population was to have important social consequences .

unintended

Mrs Layton described the unintended consequences of a small incident in her Bethnal Green childhood.

Even scientific innovations with benign intentions had unintended consequences .

As the next section shows, the skilful use of mixed messages leads to a range of unintended and counter-productive consequences .

Not all arguments against core group intervention are based on the fear of unintended consequences .

Two problems, however, arose with this formulation, which were to produce unintended political consequences .

This will be a major undertaking and one fraught with the possibility of unintended consequences .

Could it not have been a minor act of spite on some one's part which had had unintended fatal consequences ?

But like air bags, the new rules are having unintended consequences , and Olson describes them fully.

■ VERB

consider

Border has a history of reacting to situations before considering all the consequences .

A performance focus forces everyone to consider the consequences and benefits of changing or not changing.

The child is warned in advance about those behaviours that are considered inappropriate and the consequences that will follow from them.

But those who dismiss monogamy as a strategy fail to consider the long-term consequences of maintaining a culture of promiscuity.

It is most important that the patient considers the likely consequences of different ways of trying to achieve goals.

They sat motionless, considering the consequences .

You need to consider what consequences , what additional motivating events or rewards you can use to keep you going.

I write reams of dry prose with appropriately technical language and what my colleagues consider scientific consequence .

face

But he claimed they were well aware they were breaking the law and were prepared to face the consequences .

They are facing the consequences of having allowed, and encouraged, the entry of a new class of member.

Otherwise Congress would have to face the consequences of automatic across-the-board cuts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget deficit reduction law.

This was her final act of spite, to take the piece and leave Paige to face the consequences .

He would have to face the consequences of his actions.

Could Eddie have run out of that corner deliberately because he couldn't face the consequences of his gambling?

As far as sin is concerned, we must bin it or face the consequences .

suffer

Yet most people never suffer the consequences of aluminium poisoning.

Some are not, and when we have found them, they have suffered the consequences .

Many victims also suffer the long-term consequences of smoking and alcohol.

Apple, however, kept a tight grip on its technology and suffered the consequences .

Children's development opportunities suffer in consequence .

Nor does the witness alone suffer the consequences .

Probably, the majority of people infected with the virus of type B hepatitis will suffer no important consequences .

If they can not learn to adapt, they will suffer the consequences .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

damn the consequences/expense/calories etc

At the outset of our friendship it was always Brian who exploded and damn the consequences.

Spurrier says whatever is on his always-racing mind, even in victory and figures damn the consequences.

necessary connection/consequence etc

In neither ease was the omission a necessary consequence of the intellectual stance of the two schools.

It is further easy to see that there is no necessary connection between subsidy-free prices and Ramsey-optional prices.

Men. come and go in their lives, but there is no necessary connection between motherhood and marriage.

Neither is upward mobility, rising income or independence a necessary consequence of their diligence.

Normative positivism asserts what legal positivists deny, namely that there is a necessary connection between law and positive morality.

That stratification would occur as a necessary consequence of the alienation of labour.

The difficulty is finding any necessary connection between two cases.

These are, however, necessary consequences of the division of labour and the consequent role of trust in social relationships.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

If river levels continue to rise, it will have very serious consequences for many people's homes.

Ignoring safety procedures can have potentially tragic consequences.

Pain and illness are sometimes thought to be the unavoidable consequences of growing old.

People who run up big debts eventually have to face the consequences.

Safety procedures had been ignored, with disastrous consequences.

We are very much aware of the consequences our actions will have.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After the closing of its distribution centers led to organizational disaster, the firm did its best to minimize these consequences.

Except the consequences are completely predictable.

It is important to bear in mind that these financial consequences have, until very recently, remained largely hidden.

One consequence was to usher in a period of marked discretion in personal expenditure.

The outcome of the election is, at least in simple majority systems, a direct arithmetic consequence of the individual votes cast.

This form of destitution in the midst of plenty is not only morally obscene; it has social consequences which affect everyone.

This was her final act of spite, to take the piece and leave Paige to face the consequences.

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