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en·sue

(ĕn-so͞o′)

intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues

To take place afterward or as a result. See Synonyms at follow.

[Middle English ensuen, from Old French ensuivre, ensu-, from Vulgar Latin *īnsequere, from Latin īnsequī, to follow closely : in-, intensive pref.; see en-¹ + sequī, to follow; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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ensue

(ɪnˈsjuː)

vb, -sues, -suing or -sued

1. (intr) to follow; come next or afterwards

2. (intr) to follow or occur as a consequence; result

3. (tr) obsolete to pursue

[C14: from Anglo-French ensuer, from Old French ensuivre, from en-¹ + suivre to follow, from Latin sequī]

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en•sue

(ɛnˈsu)

v.i. -sued, -su•ing.

1. to follow in order; come afterward, esp. in immediate succession.

2. to follow as a consequence.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French ensuer (c. Old French ensui(v)re)]

syn: See follow.

ensue

Past participle: ensued
Gerund: ensuing

Imperative
ensue
ensue

Present
I ensue
you ensue
he/she/it ensues
we ensue
you ensue
they ensue

Preterite
I ensued
you ensued
he/she/it ensued
we ensued
you ensued
they ensued

Present Continuous
I am ensuing
you are ensuing
he/she/it is ensuing
we are ensuing
you are ensuing
they are ensuing

Present Perfect
I have ensued
you have ensued
he/she/it has ensued
we have ensued
you have ensued
they have ensued

Past Continuous
I was ensuing
you were ensuing
he/she/it was ensuing
we were ensuing
you were ensuing
they were ensuing

Past Perfect
I had ensued
you had ensued
he/she/it had ensued
we had ensued
you had ensued
they had ensued

Future
I will ensue
you will ensue
he/she/it will ensue
we will ensue
you will ensue
they will ensue

Future Perfect
I will have ensued
you will have ensued
he/she/it will have ensued
we will have ensued
you will have ensued
they will have ensued

Future Continuous
I will be ensuing
you will be ensuing
he/she/it will be ensuing
we will be ensuing
you will be ensuing
they will be ensuing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ensuing
you have been ensuing
he/she/it has been ensuing
we have been ensuing
you have been ensuing
they have been ensuing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ensuing
you will have been ensuing
he/she/it will have been ensuing
we will have been ensuing
you will have been ensuing
they will have been ensuing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ensuing
you had been ensuing
he/she/it had been ensuing
we had been ensuing
you had been ensuing
they had been ensuing

Conditional
I would ensue
you would ensue
he/she/it would ensue
we would ensue
you would ensue
they would ensue

Past Conditional
I would have ensued
you would have ensued
he/she/it would have ensued
we would have ensued
you would have ensued
they would have ensued

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Verb

ensue - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

result

come - happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"

prove, turn out, turn up - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

be due, flow from - be the result of

fall out, follow - come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"

come after, follow - come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"

ensue

verb follow, result, develop, succeed, proceed, arise, stem, derive, come after, roll up, issue, befall, flow, come next, come to pass (archaic), supervene, be consequent on, turn out or up A brief but violent scuffle ensued.
lead, introduce, precede, usher, pave the way, go before, come first, go ahead of, antecede, forerun

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ensue

verb

1. To occur as a consequence:

attend, follow, result.

2. To occur after in time:

follow, succeed, supervene.

Idiom: follow on the heels of.

Translations

يَنْشَأ عن، يَتْبَع

følge

folgen

résulter

fylgja í kjölfariî

conseguire derivare seguire

kilęs

izceltiesrasties

følge

resultar

nasledovať

-den gelmekizlemek

接着发生结果产生

ensue

[ɪnˈsjuː] VI (= follow) → seguir(se); (= result) → resultar (from de)

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ensue

[ɪnˈsjuː] vi (= follow) → s'ensuivre

ensue

vi → folgen (from, on aus); it ensues that … → daraus folgt, dass…; I don’t know what ensued → ich weiß nicht, was daraufhin geschah

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ensue

[ɪnˈsjuː] vi (follow) → seguire
to ensue (from) (result) → risultare (da)

ensue

(inˈsjuː) verb

to come after; to result (from). the panic that ensued from the false news report.

enˈsuing adjective

coming after; happening as a result. She was killed in the ensuing riots.

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