subsequent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ (California)
- [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt] (California)
- /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/ (California)
- /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/ (California)
- [ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt] (California) California Vowel Shift
- [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt] (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈsʌbsəˌkwænt] (California) California Vowel Shift
- (California, Southern) audio
- /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
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:
- (not-comparable) Following in order of place; succeeding.
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(not-comparable, of a stream or faultline) Following 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:
Antonyms
former · preceding (antonym(s) of) · current
Deriveds
fee simple subject to condition subsequent · condition subsequent · subsequentness · subsequently · subsequential
Holonyms
Hyponyms
Synonyms
ulterior · posterior · successor · succeeding · after · following · subsequent · later · next (following in order)
Translations (65)
nl daaropvolgend (following in time) · es posterior (following in time) · it successivo (following in time) · hu azt követő (following in time) · cs následující (following in order of place) · hu rákövetkező (following in order of place) · es subseyente (disused) (following in time) · tr takip eden (following in order of place) · uk подальший (following in time) · bg следващ (following in time) · pt seguinte (following in time) · nl volgend (following in order of place) · fi seuraava (following in order of place) · fr prochain (following in time) · kix thòng (following in order of place) · el ύστερος (following in time) · ru дальне́йший (following in time) · de anschließend (following in time) · es subsiguiente (following in order of place) · pl kolejny (following in time) · bg последващ (following in order of place) · nb påfølgende (following in time) · hu későbbi (following in time) · pt subsequente (following in time) · el εξής (following in order of place) · fr suivant (following in time) · nl daaropvolgend (following in order of place) · hu azutáni (following in order of place) · ru после́дующий (following in time) · el διαδεχόμενος (following in order of place) · hu további (following in time) · nl volgend (following in time) · ru сле́дующий (following in time) · ca subsegüent (following in time) · tr izleyen (following in order of place) · hu további (following in order of place) · es subsecuente (following in order of place) · de darauffolgend (following in time) · cmn 隨後的 /随后的 (following in time) · fi seuraava (following in time) · nl subsequent (following in order of place) · fr subséquent (following in time) · hu azutáni (following in time) · kix thòng (following in time) · el μεταγενέστερος (following in time) · es subsiguiente (following in time) · pt subsequente (following in order of place) · bg по-късен (following in time) · ota تالی (following in order of place) · cs následující (following in time) · es ulterior (following in time) · ru сле́дующий (following in order of place) · pl dalszy (following in time) · pl późniejszy (following in time) · de folgend (following in time) · ca subsegüent (following in order of place) · pt seguinte (following in order of place) · ro subsecvent (following in time) · ota تالی (following in time) · de später (following in time) · de folgend (following in order of place) · ro următor (following in time) · es subsecuente (following in time) · hu rákövetkező (following in time) · el επακόλουθος (following in order of place)