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consequence: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"; the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual; "that result is of no consequence"; a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

referent collapse: something that refers; a term that refers to another term; the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate; something referred to; the object of a reference; having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"

inevitably collapse: in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"

aftereffect collapse: any result that follows its cause after an interval; a delayed effect of a drug or therapy; "the drug had unexpected aftereffects"

finally collapse: after a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at length they arrived"

purport collapse: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

necessarily collapse: in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred"; as a highly likely consequence; "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"

overtone collapse: a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency; (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"

consequently collapse: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given; "consequently, he didn't do it"; "continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor"; as a consequence; "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"

thus collapse: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

undertone collapse: a pale or subdued color; a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning; a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones"

marginal collapse: being close to a lower limit or or of lower class; "marginal abilities"; producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land"

stature collapse: (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot; high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature"

unimportant collapse: not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

follow through collapse: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"; carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball

subscript collapse: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character; written or printed below and to one side of another character

therefore collapse: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"

significance collapse: the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"; a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

aftermath collapse: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"