subsequent

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 37.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective 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.

2. adjective Following in order of place; succeeding.
3. adjective Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.
4. noun A subsequent stream or faultline.

Similar words

sequent ensuant consequent later resultant future resulting ulterior after follow-on

Often followed by

to years chapters events development history studies period work generations

Word family

subsequently subsequents