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subsequent

subsequent

171 4.4
Happening after something else in time
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
translation icon : posterior
  • After the initial release, the subsequent updates significantly improved the software's performance.
  • subsequent months
  • subsequent years
  • subsequent weeks

So most people will have subsequent, they will split up and have subsequent marriages as well.

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Examples

  • The committee will review the findings and discuss subsequent actions at their next meeting.

  • As a live project, it's completely invigorating, but subsequent audiences need to be able to make sense of it.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And then in a subsequent study, we saw it also three weeks later.

  • So they get more dangerous and more exciting with each subsequent one.

  • It's less for every subsequent element.

  • I think what you would find is this president got caught and subsequent White Houses became much more sophisticated.

  • More land was lost in subsequent years, especially during and after the allotment era.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And that was the first of many, many compromises that were made in the subsequent negotiations.

  • The present results and subsequent discussion should be understood in the context of this study's limitations.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Quote In subsequent days we learned of some of the horrifying realities.

Synonyms

consecutive
vssubsequent
154 4.0

Happening one after another without a break

may refer to one later item instead of an extended unbroken run
successive
vssubsequent
37 4.3

Coming one after another without a break

can apply to a single later item rather than a continuous series
ensuing
vssubsequent
11 4.4

Happens immediately after something and is caused by it

simply means coming after without implying cause or immediacy
posterior
vssubsequent
  • Formal
1 6.1

Happening later in time after something else

is the neutral everyday word for coming after, not the formal term
following
vssubsequent
1.0

Next in order or time, often about to be mentioned

is a general term for coming after without implying list mention
later
vssubsequent
1.0

Happening after something else in time

is a more formal or precise term for coming after in time or order

Antonyms

3 7.4

Happening or existing before something else

How Late

eventual
75 3.9
later
1.0
subsequent
171 4.4
previous
1.0

Surface Forms

subsequent positive
subsequenter comparative
subsequentest superlative

Morphology

subsequent = sequent (semi-transparent) = sub + sequ + ent

The word is transparently built with the prefix sub- plus the adjective sequent, but the classical base is less familiar to many learners.

Etymology

The word subsequent comes from Latin parts sub- meaning 'under' and sequi meaning 'to follow'. Think of a sequel to a film that follows the first story, so subsequent means 'coming after' or 'following' something else.