# subsequent

Pronunciation: say "SUB-si-kwuhnt" /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/

## Adjective

1. Coming or happening after something else in time, whether immediately or at any later point.
   - Simple: Coming later in time, after something else, whether soon after or much later.
   - _The first edition sold poorly, but subsequent printings corrected the errors and found a wider audience._
   - _Any subsequent changes to the contract must be made in writing._
2. Coming after something else in position or arrangement, as in a row or a sequence of places.
   - Simple: Coming next in a row or line, after something else.
   - _The opening chapter sets out the problem, and the subsequent chapters examine it case by case._
   - _The lead float was decorated in gold, and each subsequent float in the line carried a different color._
3. Of a stream or fault line, following a line in the ground that erodes more easily than the land around it.
   - Simple: Of a stream or a crack in the earth, following softer ground that wears away more easily.
   - _Rather than cutting straight across the ridge, the subsequent stream bends to follow a fault zone of shattered rock._
   - _Working headward along a belt of weak mudstone, the subsequent stream eventually captured the upper waters of a neighboring river._

## Noun

4. A stream or fault line that runs along a line of ground more easily eroded than its surroundings.
   - Simple: A stream, or a crack in the earth, that follows softer ground that wears away more easily.
   - _Farther north, a long subsequent drains the clay vale and joins the main river below the gap._
   - _The geologist traced how the subsequents had captured the headwaters of older streams._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequēns, the present participle of subsequor ('I follow, I succeed').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/subsequent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).