Subsequent Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of SUBSEQUENT

formal

:

happening or coming after something else

• The rate of population growth reached a peak in 1999 and declined in subsequent years.
• Her work had a great influence on subsequent generations.
• Subsequent studies confirmed their findings.
• his arrest and subsequent conviction

— often + to

• events subsequent to [=_after_] the war

— subsequently

/ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛntli/

adverb,

formal

• She graduated from college and subsequently [=_afterward_] moved to New York.
• Subsequently, the drug was found to cause cancer.