English Online Dictionary. What means subsequent? What does subsequent mean?
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/
Adjective
subsequent (not comparable)
- Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
- Following in order of place; succeeding.
- (geology, of a stream or faultline) Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.
Synonyms
- (following in order): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “following in order”): preceding; see also Thesaurus:former
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Noun
subsequent (plural subsequents)
- (geology) A subsequent stream or faultline.