adjective · academic
subsequent
/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/SUB·se·quent
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
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
5later→6following→7+subsequent
Synonyms
later
following
Easily confused
consecutive
“The meetings were held on three consecutive days.”
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