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The definition of subsequent is happening or coming after something or someone else.

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An example of subsequent is heavy winds that come after a hurricane has left an area.

See subsequent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

coming after; following in time, place, or order

Origin: ME < L subsequens, prp. of subsequi, to follow close after: see sub- & sequent

Related Forms:

subsequently adverb

See subsequent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Following in time or order; succeeding.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin subsequēns, subsequent-

Origin: , present participle of subsequī, to follow close after

Origin: : sub-, close after; see sub-

Origin: + sequī, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

subˈse·quentˌly adverb

subˈse·quentˌness noun

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