subsequent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   following in time or order

   subsequent developments

2. 2
   adj

   Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

   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.

3. 3
   adj

   Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

   The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.

4. 4
   noun

   A subsequent stream or faultline.

   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.

5. 5
   adj

   Following in order of place; succeeding.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).