All 6 Uses of
consequence
in
The Things They Carried
- He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead, and this was something he would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest of the war.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)consequence = result
- The average age in our platoon, I'd guess, was nineteen or twenty, and as a consequence things often took on a curiously playful atmosphere, like a sporting event at some exotic reform school.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- Hygiene became a matter of small consequence.
Chpt 9 (definition 2) *consequence = importance
- As a consequence I'd lost the natural counterpoint between the lake and the field.
Chpt 16 (definition 1)consequence = result
- A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences that lasted forever.
Chpt 17 (definition 1) *consequences = results
- Number two: there had to be consequences.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
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(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance