adjective · academic

subsequent

/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/SUB·se·quent

Band 7+task1task2

happening or coming after something else in time

Examples

Subsequent studies confirmed the initial findings.

The first trial failed, but subsequent attempts were successful.

Subsequent analysis revealed a flaw in the methodology.

Band 8 sentence

Subsequent analyses of the dataset revealed that the apparent trend was driven by a small number of outliers.

Collocations

  • subsequent studies
  • in subsequent years
  • subsequent analysis

Word family

subsequent adjectivesubsequently adverb

Common mistakes

The subsequently study showed different results.The subsequent study showed different results.

In the subsequent years, researchers found no effect. (with unnatural 'the')In subsequent years, researchers found no effect.

Say it for a higher band

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Synonyms

later

following

Easily confused

consecutive

The meetings were held on three consecutive days.

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