subsequent

[suhb-si-kwuhnt]

adjective

1. occurring or coming later or after (often followed byto ).

   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

Other Word Forms

• subsequentness noun
• subsequently adverb

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of subsequent¹

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

Example Sentences

“It’s going to get worse,” Michael Leeds, professor of economics at Temple University, told MarketWatch about the possibility of more college-football coaching firings and subsequent buyouts this season.

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The guidelines were revised in subsequent weeks, after conversations with the Pentagon Press Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and representatives from individual news organizations.

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Rashford's league debut was unremarkable and his subsequent two Spanish league fixtures were also uneventful, with the forward playing no more than 45 minutes in each.

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Rinderknech faced a break point in the eighth game and saved with an ace, but failed to convert a subsequent advantage to hold.

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And after two major overseas wars, the 2008-09 financial crisis, subsequent sluggish growth, and a pandemic, the U.S. budget swung from surplus at the turn of the century to deficits previously seen only in wartime.

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Related Words

• consecutive 
• consequent 
• ensuing 
• following 
• successive