noun · academic
consequence
UK/ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/US/ˈkɑːnsəˌkwɛns/CON·se·quence
Band 6-7task2speaking
a result or effect of an action or situation
Examples
“One consequence of urbanisation is increased traffic congestion.”
“She ignored the warnings and suffered the consequences.”
“Policy makers must consider the long-term consequences of the reform.”
Band 8 sentence
“While short-term benefits were obvious, the long-term consequences of the policy proved more problematic than anticipated.”
Collocations
- have/face consequences
- long-term consequence
- as a consequence
Word family
consequence nounconsequent adjectiveconsequently adverb
Common mistakes
the consequences is→the consequences are
consequence of that→the consequence of that
Say it for a higher band
5result→6effect→7+consequence
Synonyms
result
Easily confused
result
“The result of the test was surprising.”
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