Subsequent
['sʌbsɪkw(ə)nt] or ['sʌbsɪkwənt]
Definition
(adj.) following in time or order; 'subsequent developments' .
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Following, succeeding, posterior.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Posterior, later, succeeding, following, after
ANT:Prior, former, earlier, precedent_anterior
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Definition
adj. following or coming after.—ns. Sub′sequence Sub′sequency state of being subsequent.—adv. Sub′sequently.
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Examples
- Subsequent chapters will be devoted to making explicit the implications of the democratic ideas in education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In 1822 the important improvement of the reciprocating knife bar was made by Ogle, which became a characteristic feature of all subsequent successful reapers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Subsequent changes involved the rotating of the cylinder instead of the wheels and many modifications in the form of the wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In 1815 he completed an extensive geological map of England, on which all subsequent geological maps have been modeled. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The subsequent encounter of the two lovers and their reconciliation is a matter for ironical speculation on the part of Plutarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Within the last decade or so shells have been invented with the design simply to shatter or fracture the plate by which the way is broken for subsequent shots. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We have already noted that plasticity is the capacity to retain and carry over from prior experience factors which modify subsequent activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But they all of them profoundly influenced men's subsequent thinking and their ideas about education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Subsequent events proved the correctness of their judgment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not getting a tool for subsequent use but present subject matter was the emphasized thing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the subsequent chapters (XVIII-XXII) we considered the present limitation of its actual realization. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Practically all were Zodangans, and it was I to whom Zodanga owed her defeat at the hands of the green hordes and her subsequent vassalage to Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He stated in his subsequent report that the defence was intended solely to give his troops time to make their escape. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But neither the presence of her child, nor a subsequent visit from me, could rouse my sister. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But slight as had been the discoveries and experiments referred to, they were the mine from which the inventions of subsequent times were quarried. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When that is obtained, there is no difficulty in making any subsequent purchase. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My father had been connected with nobles, but all I knew of such connection was subsequent neglect. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Subsequent improvements and developments of the Jacquard loom have carried its work to great nicety and refinement of action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These curves--the ellipse, the parabola, the hyperb ola--play a large part in the subsequent history of astronomy and mechanics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Throughout all the subsequent war there remained this Roman army of Spain between Hannibal and his base. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His subsequent degradation of John was forced upon him by that Pope's treachery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He who rejects it, rejects the vera causa of ordinary generation with subsequent migration, and calls in the agency of a miracle. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Her subsequent conduct did not diminish this interest. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It weighed originally nearly 800 carats, but by subsequent recuttings has been reduced to 103-3/4 carats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Let us now very briefly run over the subsequent development of the main masses of the empire of the Great Khan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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