ensuing

[en-soo-ing]

adjective

1. occurring after something else; subsequent or following.

   You can watch the full lecture and the ensuing discussion on our YouTube channel.

   Over the ensuing millennia, further eruptions continued to shape and give rise to the mountain.

Other Word Forms

• ensuingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ensuing¹

ensu(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The ensuing game only felt like it lasted 100 years.

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But they did not, which meant the ensuing single did not tie the score.

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During the ensuing altercation, Sanchez threw Tole toward a wall and also onto the ground, the affidavit said, before Tole, believing he was in danger, sprayed Sanchez with pepper spray and eventually stabbed him.

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Over the ensuing five years, her output was prodigious.

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In the ensuing firefight, five clansmen were killed, local sources say.

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Related Words

• coming 
• consequent 
• subsequent