subsequent

See also: subséquent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/, /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/, [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt]
• (California) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/, (California Vowel Shift) [ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt], /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/, [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt], (California Vowel Shift) [ˈsʌbsəˌkwænt]

  • Audio (Southern California); [ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt]:

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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.

   • 1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 586:

     Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition was lost with two ships and 129 men, inspiring dozens of subsequent expeditions to find and rescue him, none of them successful.

   • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

     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
• subsequential
• subsequently
• subsequentness

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-kăsen)
• 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)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: thòng

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: påfølgende (no)

• 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 (es), posterior (es), subseyente (disused), ulterior (es), subsecuente (es)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)

• 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)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: thòng

• Portuguese: subsequente (pt), seguinte (pt)
• Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij)
• Spanish: subsecuente (es), subsiguiente (es)
• Turkish: takip eden, izleyen

  Ottoman Turkish: تالی (tali)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} لاحق (lāħaq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 隨後 / 随后 (zh) (suíhòu), ^{(please verify)} 随後 (zh) (suíhòu)

• 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)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} viitor (ro), ^{(please verify)} ulterior (ro), ^{(please verify)} subsecvent (ro)
• 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.