subsequentadjective
uk/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/us/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt/C1 happening after something else:
The book discusses his illness and subsequent resignation from politics.
Those explosions must have been subsequent to our departure, because we didn't hear anything.
More examples
- The mistakes were corrected in a subsequent edition of the book.
- In subsequent years he said he regretted his actions.
- The press gave a lot of coverage to the break-up of his marriage and his subsequent affair with Taylor.
- The following year saw his involvement in the arms affair and subsequent resignation from the company.
- The union would keep up the pressure in subsequent months but to little avail.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Before, after and already
- afore
- after
- afterwards
- already
- ante
- as it is idiom
- following
- formerly
- front
- gone
- heretofore
- immediate
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- later
- prologue
- shortly
- successor
- thereafter
- this
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subsequently
adverb uk/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/us/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/
Examples
- He was badly injured in the crash and subsequently died.
- He subsequently sold half of his stock in the company.
- She subsequently returned to Spain and lived the last years of her life there.
- They met on the set, fell madly in love and subsequently married.
- He subsequently decided to give up work.
C1
In 1982 he was arrested and subsequently convicted on drug trafficking charges.