subsequent
/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
adj
Following in order of place; succeeding.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation."
- "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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sekʷ-, subséquent, subsequentis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
- British English: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/