Talk:consequent
Latest comment: 6 months ago by 49.186.96.130 in topic EN adjective: consequent to ...
EN adjective: consequent to ...[edit]
The existing entry doesn't explicitly cover the common idiom consequent to. I take this as being broadly similar to the usage of pursuant to, and I note the relevant definition at pursuant explicitly refers to such usage:
- In conformance to, or in agreement with; used with to.
supported with a matching quotation:
- And pursuant to this idea of a holiday, he insisted upon playing cards after we had eaten.
Real quotations extracted from the British Hansard corpus
- "arrangements to be made consequent to the publication of the Order in Council" (1960)
- "no one is keeping an 'ecological' eye on changes consequent to any industrial development" (1970)
- "Mr: Ford asked the Prime Minister what action he has taken consequent to requests to him from the wool textile industry on his recent visit to Bradford" (1971)
- "disputes which have taken place consequent to interpretation of agreement" (1971)
- "I wonder whether he will produce another book consequent to this debate" (1977)
- "Consequent to the reference made by the hon[.] Member for Belfast, South" (2000)
I believe that this covers at least two distinct (but sometimes overlapping) meanings: (i) causation, and (ii) chronological succession.
I suggest that either an existing sense needs to be expanded upon, or else a new sense needs to be added.