subsequent

See also: subséquent

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)#SUBSEQUENT

Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#SUBSEQUENT subséquent,[1] from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SUBSEQUENT subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).

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Adjective

subsequent (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English adjectives#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SUBSEQUENTCategory:Pages with entries#SUBSEQUENTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SUBSEQUENT

  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.Category:English terms with usage examples#SUBSEQUENT
    • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian‎:
      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.
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  2. Following in order of place; succeeding.
  3. (geologyCategory:en:Geology#SUBSEQUENT, 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.
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Noun

subsequent (plural subsequents)Category:English lemmas#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English nouns#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English countable nouns#SUBSEQUENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SUBSEQUENTCategory:Pages with entries#SUBSEQUENTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SUBSEQUENT

  1. (geologyCategory:en:Geology#SUBSEQUENT) 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.
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References

  1. ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “subsequent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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