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adjective. uk / ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt / us / ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt / Add to word list. C1. happening after something else: The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from politics. Those explosions must have been subsequent to our departure, because we didn't hear anything. Synonym. following. Opposite. antecedent formal.
The meaning of SUBSEQUENT is following in time, order, or place. How to use subsequent in a sentence. Subsequent vs. Consequent
Subsequent definition: occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to). See examples of SUBSEQUENT used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt / uk / ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt / Add to word list. C1. happening after something else: The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from politics. Those explosions must have been subsequent to our departure, because we didn't hear anything. Synonym. following. Opposite. antecedent formal.
For something that comes after something else in time or order, choose the adjective subsequent. If the entire class fails an exam, the teacher will hopefully make subsequent ones a little easier. Subsequent comes from the Latin subsequi "to follow closely" and means just that
You use subsequent to describe something that happened or existed after the time or event that has just been referred to.
adj. 1. occurring or coming later or after (often fol. by to ): Subsequent to their marriage, they moved to the city. 2. following in order or succession; succeeding. [1425–75; < Latin subsequent-,subsequēns, present participle of subsequī to follow behind = sub- sub - + sequī to follow; see -ent] sub′se•quent•ly, adv.
