Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ensue
adjectiveensuing (not comparable)
- not comparableRefers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
We watched the derailment and ensuing train wreck with a mixture of fascination and horror.
Synonyms: concomitant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRefers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
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adjectivefollowing immediately and as a result of what went before
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Translations
Arabic آتٍ, لَاحِق
- آتٍ (ʔātin)repercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- لَاحِق (lāḥiq)repercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Danish følgende, efterfølgende
- følgenderepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- efterfølgenderepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- påfølgenderepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Finnish siitä seuraava, siitä seurannut
- siitä seuraavarepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- siitä seurannutrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
German folgend, nachfolgenden
- folgendrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- nachfolgendenrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- darauf folgendrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Italian conseguente, risultante
- conseguenterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- risultanterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- derivanterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Norwegian Bokmål etterfølgende, påfølgende
- etterfølgenderepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- påfølgenderepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Polish następny, kolejny
- następnyrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- kolejnyrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- wynikłyrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- zaistniałyrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Portuguese subsequente
- subsequenterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Romanian următor, ulterior
- următorrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- ulteriorrepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
Spanish resultante, producido
- resultanterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- producidorepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- sobrevenienterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- sucedienterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- subsiguienterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- subsecuenterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
- subseyenterepercussions which result from some prior stimulus
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Cite this entry
APA
ensuing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuing
MLA
“ensuing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensuing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensuing.
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