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subsequently

[suhb-si-kwuhnt]

adjective

occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.

following in order or succession; succeeding: a subsequent section in a treaty.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin subsequent- (stem of subsequēns), present participle of subsequī to follow close behind, equivalent to sub- sub- + sequ(ī) to follow + -ent- -ent

Related forms

sub·se·quent·ly, adverb

Can be confused: consequent, subsequent.

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Subsequently is always a great word to know.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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subsequent (ˈsʌbsɪkwənt)

—*adj*
	occurring after; succeeding

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

'subsequently

—*adv*

'subsequentness

—n

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