ensuing

American  

[en-soo-ing] / ɛnˈsu ɪŋ /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• ensuingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of ensuing

ensu(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

He essentially became part of the inner circle of grief as the case, and the ensuing police manhunt, dominated the news cycle.

From BBC

With all its horrors, the Iran-Iraq war also created the foundational myth of the Islamic Republic, cementing its power for the ensuing decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the ensuing years, Penn took fewer major movie roles as he pursued his own activism.

From Barron's

The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.

From Salon

For different reasons, each leader feared that the ensuing debate would raise divisive issues that he preferred to avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• coming
• consequent
• subsequent