'Subsequent' definitions:

Definition of 'subsequent'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Following in time or order; "subsequent developments" [ant: antecedent]

Definition of 'Subsequent'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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