adj
subsequent
SUHB-sihk-wuhnt
adj
1
Coming after something else in time or order.
"Subsequent tests confirmed the original diagnosis."
"All subsequent editions of the book included the corrected map."
How to Use Subsequent
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHappening or coming afterward.
Common mistake
Subsequent just means "later" in a sequence; consequent implies a cause-and-effect result. "The subsequent meeting" is simply the next one; "the consequent delay" was caused by something.
Easily confused with
consequent
Common pairings
subsequent events
subsequent years
subsequent to
Word Forms
subsequents plural
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Etymology
From Latin subsequēns, present participle of subsequor, "to follow after."