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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: , present participle of subsequi 'to follow closely', from sequi 'to follow'

subsequent

 adjective
     
sub‧se‧quent W2 formal
happening or coming after something else [↪ consequent]:
These skills were passed on to subsequent generations.
subsequent pages of the book
subsequent to something
events that happened subsequent to the accident
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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