Definitions for subsequent
ˈsʌb sɪ kwəntsub·se·quent

Princeton's WordNet(4.38 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. subsequent(adj)

   following in time or order

   "subsequent developments"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. subsequent(Adjective)

   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.

   Etymology: subsequens, -entis, present participle of subsequi to follow, succeed.

2. subsequent(Adjective)

   Following in order of place; succeeding.

   Etymology: subsequens, -entis, present participle of subsequi to follow, succeed.

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Subsequent(adj)

   following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome

   Etymology: [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subsquent. See Sue to follow.]

2. Subsequent(adj)

   following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty

   Etymology: [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subsquent. See Sue to follow.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Subsequent

   sub′sē-kwent, adj. following or coming after.—ns. Sub′sequence, Sub′sequency, state of being subsequent.—adv. Sub′sequently. [L. subsequens, -entis, pr.p. of subsequi—sub, under, after, sequi, to follow.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'subsequent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2311

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'subsequent' in Adjectives Frequency: #316

How to pronounce subsequent?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of subsequent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of subsequent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of subsequent in a Sentence

1. Chief Financial Officer Mark Okerstrom:

   Travel demand to France is a particular challenge. With each subsequent event we have seen a worsening of the trend.

2. Alexander Herzen:

   This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us.

3. Nishank Motwani:

   It took the first voter 31 minutes to vote. For subsequent voters it was taking around five minutes and then it started to streamline to 3 minutes and 30 seconds, election commission staff looked panicked and voters were getting angry that the queue was not moving.

4. High Court judge Timothy Kerr:

   The EY organisation was supposed to have a written whistleblowing policy, though I have no evidence that it had one, it is generally known to professional persons such as accountants that to become a whistleblower often involves a major risk of financial loss through subsequent 'unemployability'.

5. Andrew Jarecki:

   We've been in contact with law enforcement for the past two years, and so, when we finally found that subsequent admission, what happens in the bathroom, we contacted them and we said we have something more.

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