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.

British National Corpus

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Thomas Troward:

   It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it. We can never get beyond that range of cause and effect.

2. Michael Bloomberg:

   So, one of the unintended consequences is people say,' Oh my God, you are arresting kids for marijuana that are all minorities.' Yes, that is true. Why ? Because we put all the cops in the minority neighborhoods. Yes, that is true. Why did we do it ? Because that's where all the crime is, and the way you get the guns out of the kid's hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.

3. Hannah Ryder:

   If they are not handled properly they can result in far larger consequences than people sleeping on the street. They can have repercussions on international relations, trade and even diplomacy, as China has been the first to deal with and recover from Covid-19 the world can learn a lot from China's experience.

4. Kevin McCarthy:

   The absence of leadership over the past six years has had horrific consequences all across the globe, and it is getting worse day by day.

5. Bobby Jindal:

   I think what Russian President Vladimir Putin read in all that was weakness, we know Russian President Vladimir Putin went to Crimea in part because Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't fear real consequences, Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't fear real repercussions. We know that many of Russian President Vladimir Putin actions are based on what he views as a White House that has itself said it's going to be leading from behind when it's not leading at all.

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