Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Following in time or order; succeeding.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Following in time; happening or existing at any later time, indefinitely: as, subsequent events; subsequent ages.
- Following in the order of place or succession; succeeding: as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.
- Following as a consequence: as, a subsequent illness after exposure.
- In physical geography developed by headward erosion along a belt of weak strata: noting streams and their valleys that have been so developed.
Wiktionary
- adj. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
- adj. Following in order of place; succeeding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
- adj. Following in order of place; succeeding.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. following in time or order
Etymologies
- Latin subsequens, -entis, present participle of subsequi to follow, succeed. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin subsequēns, subsequent-, present participle of subsequī, to follow close after : sub-, close after; see sub- + sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Zaprudering, as the SciFicast explains, is a brand new word subsequent from a Zapruder film, a pledge 8mm movie which is a usually [...]”
“Well, the CIA actually made a referral to the Department of Justice asking it to investigate whether or not a former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, disclosed classified information when he made several media appearances talking about the capture of al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah and what he described as his subsequent waterboarding.”
“Although crises may be one and the same-what I call the subsequent statements from both President "Uni-Bubble.”
“The idea was a huge hit, and in subsequent years, it spread beyond the Presbyterian Church and into communities throughout the country.”
The Huffington Post: Caryl M. Stern: 60 Years of Saving Lives on Halloween
“I can just see Anna trying to fix it in subsequent books, causing conflict between them!”
“Bradford: Again, even if you assume they were RNA based that would not explain subsequent causal steps en route to a code.”
“Again, even if you assume they were RNA based that would not explain subsequent causal steps en route to a code.”
“For all his faults, and for all the mistakes he may have made in subsequent years in his term, I honor the former President, George W. Bush, for his leadership on 9/11 and the immediate days following.”
“The good news is that Mr. Pavano has played well in subsequent stops in Cleveland and Minnesota, and the Yankees never again paid an outrageous contract to an overrated pitcher.”
“Tobacco companies also are waging a constitutional attack on using the Engle findings in subsequent suits, contending in state and federal appeals that it violates their due-process rights to be bound by factual findings that they have no opportunity to adequately contest.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘subsequent’.
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Psychology
Chapter 1
rigorous, occurrence, maze, divers, intellectual, expansion, all in all, sensation, introspection, radical, orientation, nurture and 174 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
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sub- (suc-, suf-, etc.)
lower; somewhat; secondary; supporting
subalpine, subordinate, subconscious, subvention, sublet, subsistence, subsidize, sub, subacetate, subacid, subacidity, subacidness and 114 more...
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How low can you go?
A list of words that does the opposite of raising the bar
underscore, underwear, underachiever, underrated, underbite, undercapitalization, undercharged, underfloor, underground, underexposed, underfed, underboss and 105 more...
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Learning
For me to learn new words.
Bahamian, gamble, democratic, subsequent, horror, inherited, individuate, replete, prone, tiny, choreographer, magnetic and 7 more...
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phil vocab 3
genocide, superfluous, warfare, indissoluble, sentient, confound, pernicious, dispose, render, amiable, paradox, puritanical and 36 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Words to Learn
colloquium, resilient, ruminate, missive, sylvan, indefatigable, preclude, prowess, quiescent, caustic, verdant, specter and 119 more...
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wasserperson's Words
kakistocracy, telebomb, adroit, pensive, verbatim, asinine, anarchic, didactic, subsequent, mirthful, gregarious, sybarite and 102 more...
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hedges's Words
wii, crepuscule, adumbrate, concatenation, sufi, qawwali, furry, riot, mellifluous, conspiracy, etymology, tea cozy and 369 more...
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
shalom, cattywampus, bourgeoisie, aerophile, traverse, grotto, epicurean, ex cathedra, nautilus, epitaph, lathe, continuum and 753 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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