subsequently

WOTD - 26 May 2008    

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/, SAMPA: /"sVb.sI.kw@nt.li/

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Adverb

subsequently (not comparable)

1. Following, afterwards in either time or place.
2. accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction)

Usage notes

Although subsequently may imply a cause and effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.

Quotations

• 1832 — John Richardson, Wacousta, volume II, chapter 7

  It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians.

Related terms

• subsequence
• subsequent
• subsequential

Translations

subsequently

Czech: následně (cs) Dutch: hierop (nl), vervolgens (nl) German: anschließend (de), danach (de), darauffolgend (de), daraufhin (de), hierauf (de), nachher (de), nachträglich (de), darauf folgend (de), im Anschluss (de), in der Folge (de), in der Folgezeit (de) Hungarian: utólag (hu) Polish: później (pl)

Russian: (literally) впоследствии (ru) (vposledstvii) Scottish Gaelic: an dèidh sin (gd), an dèidh làimhe (gd) Swedish: sedan (sv) Turkish: akabinde (tr), arkadan (tr), bilahare (tr) (bilāhare), daha sonra (tr), müteakip (tr), sonra (tr), sonra gelen (tr), sonradan (tr), sonradan gelen (tr), sonraki (tr), sonradan ortaya çıkan (tr), (anlaşma) sonuç olarak izleyen (tr)