Definitions for consequences
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1. Consequences

   Consequences is an old parlour game in a similar vein to the Surrealist game exquisite corpse and Mad Libs. Each person takes a turn choosing a word or phrase for one of eleven questions, in this order. ⁕Adjective for man ⁕Man's name ⁕Adjective for woman ⁕Woman's name ⁕Where they met ⁕He wore ⁕She wore ⁕He said to her ⁕She said to him ⁕The consequence was… ⁕What the world said Then the story is read: Mediocre Joe met transparent Kim at the bowling alley. Joe wore a seafoam green leisure suit. Kim wore a sandwich board. Joe said to Kim “During the last storm, we had a little party in the mud.” Kim said “She wasn’t that into me.” As a consequence, the band got back together. And the world said “Somehow, I think I saw this coming.” The game is traditionally played by writing the words on paper and folding the paper to hide the previous words before passing it to the next player. Consequences can also be played in a drawing version where the first player draws the head, passes it unseen to the second player who draws the body, then on to the third player who draws the legs. The composite person or creature is then revealed to all by unfolding the paper.

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consequences' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2302

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'consequences' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3652

How to pronounce consequences?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say consequences in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of consequences in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of consequences in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of consequences in a Sentence

1. Doug Ford:

   So let me be as clear as I can, there will be consequences for these actions, and they will be severe. We've already started by going after the money funding the illegal occupation.

2. Another Hispanic mother:

   This is completely unacceptable, there must be serious consequences. An apology from The District is not enough, this is not something that children can forget.

3. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   I can tell you that there was a pretty candid exchange of views, i think we've been pretty blunt in describing the concerns that we have with China's behavior in cyberspace. We have been blunt in our assessment that that has significant consequences for our economy and for our national security.

4. Brendan Cox:

   She feared the consequences of Europe dividing again, hated the idea of building walls, and worried about the dynamics that that could unleash.

5. Rand Paul:

   We're gonna have to have this debate, not only in the Republican primary but in the general, as to whether or not it's a good idea, is intervention always a good idea? Or sometimes does it lead to unintended consequences?

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