subsequent

SUB-sih-kwuntadj

Meaning coming after; following

Memory hook SUB-SEQUEL: the SEQUEL comes after. A sequel is the story that comes after the first one. Pip and Lila can’t wait for Part 2, due out the subsequent summer.

The first storm knocked down a tree, and subsequent storms finished off the fence.

In context Her first cake sank in the middle, but subsequent attempts, made after she fixed the oven temperature, rose perfectly.

Similar following, later, succeeding, ensuing

Opposite previous, prior, preceding

From Latin subsequi, “to follow close after”: sub- (close to) + sequi (to follow).

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