subsequent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective following in time or order
    • subsequent developments

WordNet

Sub"se*quent adjective
Etymology
L. subsequens, -entis, p.pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subséquent. See Sue to follow.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913