subsequent

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UK/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/UK/ˈsʌbsəkwənt/Canada, US/ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/Canada, US[ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt]

adjective

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

“Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.”

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Meanings

adjectivesubsequent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFollowing in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

    Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

    2 more examples

    Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition was lost with two ships and 129 men, inspiring dozens of subsequent expeditions to find and rescue him, none of them successful.

    1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 586

    In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

    2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian
  2. not comparableFollowing in order of place; succeeding.

    Synonyms: next

  3. not comparablegeographyFollowing a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

    The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.

    1895, William Morris Davis, “The Development of Certain English Rivers”, in The Geographical Journal, page 131
nounsubsequent (plural subsequents)

plural subsequents

  1. geographyA subsequent stream or faultline.

    When the Middle Wye was turned into the Severn system it still continued the northward subsequent, which of course may have been initiated as a tributary when the Middle Wye belonged to the Thames system.

    1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 285

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFollowing in order of place; succeeding.

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adjectivefollowing in time or order

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsubsequentis
  2. Middle Frenchsubséquent
  3. Englishsubsequent

Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).

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Translations

Bulgarian следващ, по-късен
  • следващ (sledvašt)following in time
  • по-късен (po-kăsen)following in time
  • последващ (posledvašt)following in order of place
Catalan subsegüent, subsegüent
  • subsegüentfollowing in time
  • subsegüentfollowing in order of place
Chinese Mandarin 隨後的 /随后的
  • 隨後的 /随后的 (suíhòu de)following in time
Czech následující, následující
  • následujícífollowing in time
  • následujícífollowing in order of place
Dutch volgend, daaropvolgend
  • volgendfollowing in time
  • daaropvolgendfollowing in time
  • volgendfollowing in order of place
  • subsequentfollowing in order of place
  • daaropvolgendfollowing in order of place
Finnish seuraava, seuraava
  • seuraavafollowing in time
  • seuraavafollowing in order of place
French subséquent, suivant
  • subséquentfollowing in time
  • suivantfollowing in time
  • prochainfollowing in time
German anschließend, später
  • anschließendfollowing in time
  • späterfollowing in time
  • darauffolgendfollowing in time
  • folgendfollowing in time
  • folgendfollowing in order of place
Greek μεταγενέστερος, ύστερος
  • μεταγενέστερος (metagenésteros)following in time
  • ύστερος (ýsteros)following in time
  • διαδεχόμενος (diadechómenos)following in order of place
  • επακόλουθος (epakólouthos)following in order of place
  • εξής (exís)following in order of place
Hungarian későbbi, azutáni
  • későbbifollowing in time
  • azutánifollowing in time
  • rákövetkezőfollowing in time
  • azt követőfollowing in time
  • továbbifollowing in time
  • azutánifollowing in order of place
  • rákövetkezőfollowing in order of place
  • továbbifollowing in order of place
Italian successivo
  • successivofollowing in time
Norwegian Bokmål påfølgende
  • påfølgendefollowing in time
Polish kolejny, dalszy
  • kolejnyfollowing in time
  • dalszyfollowing in time
  • późniejszyfollowing in time
Portuguese subsequente, seguinte
  • subsequentefollowing in time
  • seguintefollowing in time
  • subsequentefollowing in order of place
  • seguintefollowing in order of place
Romanian următor, subsecvent
  • următorfollowing in time
  • subsecventfollowing in time
Russian после́дующий, сле́дующий
  • после́дующий (poslédujuščij)following in time
  • сле́дующий (slédujuščij)following in time
  • дальне́йший (dalʹnéjšij)following in time
  • сле́дующий (slédujuščij)following in order of place
Spanish subsiguiente, posterior
  • subsiguientefollowing in time
  • posteriorfollowing in time
  • subseyente (disused)following in time
  • ulteriorfollowing in time
  • subsecuentefollowing in time
  • subsecuentefollowing in order of place
  • subsiguientefollowing in order of place
Turkish takip eden, izleyen
  • takip edenfollowing in order of place
  • izleyenfollowing in order of place
Ukrainian подальший
  • подальший (podalʹšyj)following in time
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