ensuing
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4.4
- adjective
- /ɪnˈsuːɪŋ/
:
siguiente
- As inflation soared, food prices rose, and ensuing shortages led to widespread rioting.
- ensuing years
- ensuing months
- ensuing decade
Thus, the guard played an important role in each ensuing transition of power.
- Thus, the guard played an important role in each ensuing transition of power.
- You have no idea the ensuing chaos.
- And of course, his vision there got realized beyond his wildest dreams in the ensuing generations.
- And they've been excited watchers and participants in the ensuing years and are just delighted at what they've seen all of you accomplished together.
Examples
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The Second World War and the ensuing Cold War had brought this relationship to an end.
Academic text (2015) -
In the ensuing years, patients were given less and less care.
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And that is what they did in the ensuing hours.
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Peace was finally achieved in the ensuing Golden Age.
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Thus, the guard played an important role in each ensuing transition of power.
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In the ensuing weeks, Anne makes one crucial mistake.
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The international community responded to the ensuing Palestinian financial crisis.
Academic text (2008) -
The inquiry occupied most of the ensuing three months.
Academic text (2006) -
In the ensuing half-century, the public sector in the United States has grown enormously.
Academic text (2010) -
After the meeting ended, the ensuing discussions clarified many misunderstandings.
Synonyms
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4.4
Happening after something else in time
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6.1
Happening as a result of something else
Happening after something as a result
Antonyms
How Consequent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ensuing comes from the parts en-, meaning 'in', and Latin sequi, meaning 'to follow', and it shares the same root as sequence and sequel. So, ensuing describes something that 'follows' or happens right after and often as a result of what came before.