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单词 subsequent
释义

subsequent

/ˈsʌbsɪkw(ə)nt /
adjective
1Coming after something in time; following: the theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906...
  • Had they existed at any time subsequent to their split in 1983, they would have been big.
  • The theft of the items could have been subsequent to the murder and not the reason for it, for example.
  • Mr Milford's conviction has subsequent to the hearing been quashed and a retrial ordered.

Synonyms

following, ensuing, succeeding, successive, later, future, coming, upcoming, to come, next
following, after, in the wake of, at the close/end of, later than
rare posterior to
1.1 Geology (Of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the resistance to erosion of the underlying rock, and typically following the strike of the strata.Erosion and subsequent overcompaction were taken into account in the calculation....
  • Then, the rock was buried underneath subsequent rock and was subjected to high pressures and temperatures, causing the rock to recrystallize.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin subsequent- 'following after' (from the verb subsequi).

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