subsequent B2 Topic:Time US /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ See IPA manual Freq #18818 Meanings 1 adj Coming or happening after something else in time or order. Growth picked up strongly in the subsequent years. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · coming or happening after... nextfollowing More posteriorsucceedingsuccessorulterior ↔ Opposites currentformerpreceding Word family Derived forms subsequently Common collocations subsequent marriage Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”). *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European subséquent Middle French subsequentis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # subsequent **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ **Frequency rank:** 18818 ## Meanings 1. Coming or happening after something else in time or order. ## Examples - Growth picked up strongly in the subsequent years. ## Synonyms - following - posterior - succeeding - successor - ulterior ## Antonyms - current - former - preceding ## Derived Forms - subsequently ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sekʷ- - Root: subséquent - Root: subsequentis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”). ## AI Etymology Subsequent is borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”). The historical chain includes *sekʷ- (Proto-Indo-European), subséquent (Middle French), and subsequentis (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as subsequently. In present use it covers coming or happening after something else in time or order. ## Topics - Time markdown