Consequent (4)
I believe the answer is:
next
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">consequent</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for next that I've seen before include "Soonest encountered" , "Following in sequence" , "Nearest following" , "Nearest in space or position" , "The second cherry stone on the plate" .)