subsequent
adjective /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/Definition
C1 happening after something else: The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from the government. Those explosions must have been subsequent to our departure, because we didn't hear anything.Before, after and alreadyAfter and behind subsequently /-li/ adverb C1 In 1982 he was arrested and subsequently convicted on drug trafficking charges.Before, after and alreadyAfter and behind
(Definition of subsequent adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afore adverb, preposition, conjunction
- after- prefix
- afterwards adverb
- already adverb
- ante- prefix
- following adjective 1
- following noun (NEXT)
- following preposition
- formerly adverb
- heretofore adverb
- immediate adjective
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- later adjective (IN THE FUTURE)
- later adverb
- shortly adverb
- successor noun
- thereafter adverb
- this determiner
- whereupon conjunction
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