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subsequently

UK/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/US/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/
adverbB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,876 of 15,258mostly writtenformal · an editor’s judgement

Subsequently means after the thing just mentioned. First that happened, and subsequently this.

It is one of the workhorses of formal writing, and reports, judgments and histories are full of it: he subsequently resigned, the plan was subsequently abandoned. It always looks back at something already stated, so it cannot open a piece of writing. Everyday speech says later or afterwards instead. Take care not to swap it with consequently, which means as a result, since one is about time and the other about cause.

Definitions of subsequently

  1. 1adverbsubsequentlyAfter the thing already mentioned; afterwards.B2+

    “The letter was subsequently found in a drawer.”

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *sekʷ-

  2. Latin

    subsequentis

  3. Middle French

    subséquent

  4. English

    subsequent

  5. English, today

    subsequently

Built from

  • subsequor · Latin — to follow, to succeed

From subsequent + -ly. subsequent Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Time & Calendar, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 2 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word

subsequently in the wild

  • Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway.

    Off-Broadway

  • Casio subsequently expanded from office calculators into personal calculators, watches, electronic musical instruments and other consumer electronics.

    Casio

  • Nagy in 1979, and subsequently modified over the next decade or so.

    Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog

  • The rights to the Kreidler brand were subsequently acquired by bicycle manufacturer Prophete.

    Kreidler

  • The site was founded in Liverpool in 2001, and subsequently moved its headquarters to London.

    Gigwise

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Related words

the subsequor family

subsequentsubsequently

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