consequences
- 1Plural of consequence.
The economic consequences of the drought were felt for years.
She accepted the consequences of her decision without complaint.
Note
In the plural the word usually leans toward its darker meaning. To face, suffer or accept the consequences usually means the unwelcome results of a choice. The same spelling also serves the verb consequence, used of threatening or punishing a child with specific consequences for misbehavior. So when an object follows (she consequences him), it is the verb.
- 2An old-fashioned parlor game in which players take turns writing parts of a story about a lady and gentleman, each unaware of what the others have written.
Like a relay race where each runner adds a sentence to a tale instead of passing a baton.
After supper the children settled down to a game of consequences by the fire.
A round of consequences kept the guests entertained well past midnight.
Note
The name of a game, plural in shape but never counted. People play consequences, or settle down to a game or a round of it, and there is no such thing as one consequence. The fixed plot, a lady and gentleman meeting and what ensues, fits the name: each player supplies what follows, much as ordinary results follow a cause.
consequences is a form of consequence
consequence, noun: Something that happens as a result of an earlier action, event, or cause. Full entry
- Forms
- consequenceconsequences plural
- Spelling
- consequence → consequences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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