All 5 Uses of
consequence
in
Kim
- The Government had given him a good holding in the village, and though the demands of his sons, now grey-bearded officers on their own account, had impoverished him, he was still a person of consequence.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *
- Consequently—and this set Kim to skipping—there was a mystery somewhere, and Mahbub Ali probably spied for the Colonel much as Kim had spied for Mahbub.
Chpt 7 (definition 2) *consequently = resultantly (as a result)
- Thou hast loosed an Act upon the world, and as a stone thrown into a pool so spread the consequences thou canst not tell how far.'†
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- He enlarged on this sin and its consequences till they bade him change the subject.†
Chpt 13 (definition 2)
- But they considered the lama's presence a perfect safeguard against all consequences, and impenitently brought Kim of their best—even to a drink of chang—the barley-beer that comes from Ladakh-way.†
Chpt 14 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance
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(2) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)