subsequent

See also: subséquent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“I follow, I succeed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/

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Adjective

subsequent (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Following in order of place; succeeding.
3. (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

• (following in order): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “following in order”): preceding; see also Thesaurus:former

Derived terms

• condition subsequent
• fee simple subject to condition subsequent
• subsequently

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-‎ (3 c, 0 e)

Translations

following in time

• Bulgarian: следващ (bg) (sledvašt), по-късен (po-kǎsen)
• Catalan: subsegüent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隨後的／随后的 (zh) (suíhòu de)

• Czech: následující (cs)
• Dutch: volgend (nl), daaropvolgend (nl)
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• French: subséquent (fr), suivant (fr), prochain (fr)
• German: anschließend (de), später (de), darauffolgend (de), folgend (de)
• Greek: μεταγενέστερος (el) (metagenésteros), ύστερος (el) (ýsteros)
• Hungarian: későbbi (hu), azutáni (hu), rákövetkező (hu), azt követő (hu), további (hu)
• Italian: successivo (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: påfølgende (no)

• Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)
• Polish: kolejny (pl), dalszy (pl), późniejszy
• Portuguese: subsequente (pt), seguinte (pt)
• Romanian: următor (ro), subsecvent (ro)
• Russian: после́дующий (ru) (poslédujuščij), сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij), дальне́йший (ru) (dalʹnéjšij)
• Spanish: subsiguiente, posterior (es)
• Ukrainian: подальший (podalʹšyj)

following in order of place

• Bulgarian: последващ (bg) (posledvašt)
• Catalan: subsegüent
• Czech: následující (cs)
• Dutch: volgend (nl), subsequent, daaropvolgend (nl)
• Finnish: seuraava (fi)
• German: folgend (de)
• Greek: διαδεχόμενος (diadechómenos), επακόλουθος (el) (epakólouthos), εξής (el) (exís)
• Hungarian: azutáni (hu), rákövetkező (hu), további (hu)
• Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)
• Portuguese: subsequente (pt), seguinte (pt)
• Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لاحق (lāħaq)
• French: ^{(please verify)} subséquent (fr)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} successivo (it), ^{(please verify)} ulteriore (it), ^{(please verify)} susseguente (it)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 結果として起こる (けっかとしておこる, kekkato shite okoru)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 결과의 (gyeolgwaui)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 隨後／随后 (zh) (suíhòu), ^{(please verify)} 随後 (zh) (suíhòu)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} viitor (ro), ^{(please verify)} ulterior (ro), ^{(please verify)} subsecvent (ro)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} subsiguiente
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} följande (sv)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తదుపరి (te) (tadupari)

Noun

subsequent (plural subsequents)

1. (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.