adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsʌbsəkwənt/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsʌbsəkwənt/
Canada, General-American:[ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt]
California:/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
California:/ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/
California:[ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt]California Vowel Shift
California:/ˈsʌbsəkwənt/
California:[ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt]
California:[ˈsʌbsəˌkwænt]California Vowel Shift
California, Southern:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:S AH1 B S AH0 K W AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Following in order of place; succeeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A subsequent stream or faultline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
following in time or order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
subsequent developments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: antecedent
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
следващ
(sledvašt)
— following in time
Bulgarian:
по-късен
(po-kǎsen)
— following in time
Catalan:
subsegüent
— following in time
Chinese Mandarin:
隨後的 /随后的
(suíhòu de)
— following in time
Czech:
následující
— following in time
Dutch:
volgend
— following in time
Dutch:
daaropvolgend
— following in time
Finnish:
seuraava
— following in time
French:
subséquent
— following in time
French:
suivant
— following in time
French:
prochain
— following in time
German:
anschließend
— following in time
German:
später
— following in time
German:
darauffolgend
— following in time
German:
folgend
— following in time
Greek:
μεταγενέστερος
(metagenésteros)
— following in time
Greek:
ύστερος
(ýsteros)
— following in time
Hungarian:
későbbi
— following in time
Hungarian:
azutáni
— following in time
Hungarian:
rákövetkező
— following in time
Hungarian:
azt követő
— following in time
Hungarian:
további
— following in time
Italian:
successivo
— following in time
Khiamniungan Naga:
thòng
— following in time
Norwegian Bokmål:
påfølgende
— following in time
Polish:
kolejny
— following in time
Polish:
dalszy
— following in time
Polish:
późniejszy
— following in time
Portuguese:
subsequente
— following in time
Portuguese:
seguinte
— following in time
Romanian:
următor
— following in time
Romanian:
subsecvent
— following in time
Russian:
после́дующий
(poslédujuščij)
— following in time
Russian:
сле́дующий
(slédujuščij)
— following in time
Russian:
дальне́йший
(dalʹnéjšij)
— following in time
Spanish:
subsiguiente
— following in time
Spanish:
posterior
— following in time
Spanish:
subseyente (disused)
— following in time
Spanish:
ulterior
— following in time
Spanish:
subsecuente
— following in time
Ottoman Turkish:
تالی
(tali)
— following in time
Ukrainian:
подальший
(podalʹšyj)
— following in time
Bulgarian:
последващ
(posledvašt)
— following in order of place
Catalan:
subsegüent
— following in order of place
Czech:
následující
— following in order of place
Dutch:
volgend
— following in order of place
Dutch:
subsequent
— following in order of place
Dutch:
daaropvolgend
— following in order of place
Finnish:
seuraava
— following in order of place
German:
folgend
— following in order of place
Greek:
διαδεχόμενος
(diadechómenos)
— following in order of place
Greek:
επακόλουθος
(epakólouthos)
— following in order of place
Greek:
εξής
(exís)
— following in order of place
Hungarian:
azutáni
— following in order of place
Hungarian:
rákövetkező
— following in order of place
Hungarian:
további
— following in order of place
Khiamniungan Naga:
thòng
— following in order of place
Portuguese:
subsequente
— following in order of place
Portuguese:
seguinte
— following in order of place
Russian:
сле́дующий
(slédujuščij)
— following in order of place
Spanish:
subsecuente
— following in order of place
Spanish:
subsiguiente
— following in order of place
Turkish:
takip eden
— following in order of place
Turkish:
izleyen
— following in order of place
Ottoman Turkish:
تالی
(tali)
— following in order of place
