adj · academic
subsequent
/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/SUB·se·quent
Band 5-6task2task1
coming after something in time; following
Examples
“The initial test failed, but subsequent trials were successful.”
“Subsequent research confirmed their hypothesis.”
“The policy was revised in subsequent years.”
Band 8 sentence
“Subsequent analyses revealed a previously unrecognised correlation between variables.”
Collocations
- subsequent research
- subsequent years
- subsequent events
Word family
subsequently adv
Common mistakes
afterwards→subsequent
next→subsequent
Say it for a higher band
5next→6later→7+subsequent
Synonyms
later
following
Easily confused
following
“Following the event, a survey was conducted.”
later
“Later studies supported the findings.”
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