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subsequent

[ suhb-si-kwuhnt ]

adjective

  1. occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to ):

    subsequent events;

    Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.

  2. following in order or succession; succeeding:

    a subsequent section in a treaty.



subsequent

/ ˈsʌbsɪkwənt /

adjective

  1. occurring after; succeeding


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsubsequentness, noun
  • ˈsubsequently, adverb

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Other Words From

  • sub·se·quent·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of subsequent1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Latin subsequent-, stem of subsequēns “following close behind,” present participle of subsequī “to follow close behind,” equivalent to sub- sub- + sequ(ī) “to follow”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of subsequent1

C15: from Latin subsequēns following on, from subsequī, from sub- near + sequī to follow

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Example Sentences

One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.

Subsequent emails from Nicola Maccanico, director of Warner Bros.

Researchers in subsequent decades have indeed documented the violence, sexual and otherwise, that these birds are capable of.

When the same abnormality was detected in a subsequent pregnancy at 18 weeks, she was able to have a surgical abortion.

The woman is identified only by the initials J.W. in court papers from a subsequent federal civil-rights lawsuit.

The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.

Subsequent facts, however, proved these pompous vows to be merely a figure of speech.

Here I shall give an account of what took place in the subsequent voyages.

At all events, they are not to be found in the second edition of Christabel , nor in any subsequent edition.

In what respect has the subsequent conduct of Sir Robert Peel been inconsistent with these declarations?

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