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English Dictionary: Subsequent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subsequent
adj
  1. following in time or order; "subsequent developments"
    Antonym(s): antecedent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Subsequent \Sub"se*quent\, a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of
      subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subs[82]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. [bd]The subsequent words come on
            before the precedent vanish.[b8] --Bacon.
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