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CONSEQUENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sentence connectors) because of the reason given

Example:

continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor

Synonyms:

accordingly; consequently

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

consequent (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

As a consequence

Example:

he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held

Synonyms:

consequently; therefore

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

consequent (occurring with or following as a consequence)

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 Context examples: 

Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc. Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Consequently, the new macrophages were less responsive to this signal and had trouble quieting an infection-induced inflammatory response.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)

By targeting the newly-identified link between amyloid-beta and cholesterol, it could be possible to design therapeutics which maintain cholesterol homeostasis, and consequently amyloid-beta homeostasis, in the brain.

(Brain cholesterol associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, University of Cambridge)

Consequently, the diverse manifestations of neuropathic pain have different cellular origins and therefore patients suffering from cold or tactile allodynia may be in need of different therapeutic strategies to treat their specific conditions.

(Genetic study paves way for new neuropathic pain treatments, University of Granada)

Consequently, they are not exposed to radiation damage, which only affects proliferating cells.

(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Consequently, it is necessary to conduct new studies aimed at analysing potential cultural differences in the use of this kind of humour.

(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)

Thereby leads to breakage of double-stranded DNA and consequently resulting in cell death.

(Anti-CD33 Immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

When used in transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) procedures, infusion leads to lodging of the microspheres in the precapillary vessels and, consequently, to the occlusion of the hepatic artery.

(Amilomer, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, polar topographic depressions, such as impact craters, never see the Sun.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

Consequently, these metabolic changes induce an increase in the capability of cells to produce energy, together with a reduction in the molecular and histopathological markers characteristic of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies.

(A new pharmacological therapy against a severe kind of deficiency in Coenzyme Q10, University of Granada)