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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subsequent \Sub"se*quent\, adjective [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subs['e]quent. See {Sue} to follow.]
1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.
2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. ''The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish.'' --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subsequent
adjective: following in time or order; "subsequent developments" [ant: {antecedent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsequent": after, appendant, attendant, cadet, consecutive, consequent, consequential, ensuing, following, future, junior, later, lineal, next, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, proximate, puisne, resultant, resulting, sequacious, sequent, sequential, subsequent to, succeeding, successive, suffixed, younger
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