subsequent
3 definitions found
subsequent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Subsequent \Sub"se*quent\, a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of
subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subs['e]quent. See Sue
to follow.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent
clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before
the precedent vanish." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
subsequent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
subsequent
adj 1: following in time or order; "subsequent developments"
[ant: antecedent]
subsequent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsequent":
after, appendant, attendant, cadet, consecutive, consequent,
consequential, ensuing, following, future, junior, later, lineal,
next, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne,
resultant, resulting, sequacious, sequent, sequential,
subsequent to, succeeding, successive, suffixed, younger
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