subsequent
Appearance
See also: subséquent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French subséquent,[1] from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“I follow, I succeed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]subsequent (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.
- 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- Following in order of place; succeeding.
- (geology, of a stream or faultline) Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.
- 1895, William Morris Davis, “The Development of Certain English Rivers”, in The Geographical Journal, page 131:
- The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.
Synonyms
[edit]- (following in order): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “following in order”): preceding; see also Thesaurus:former
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]following in time
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following in order of place
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Noun
[edit]subsequent (plural subsequents)
- (geology) A subsequent stream or faultline.
- 1899, Sydney Savory Buckman, “The Development of Rivers”, in Natural Science, page 285:
- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “subsequent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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