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subsequent | adposition |

As an adjective subsequent

is subsequent.

As a noun adposition is

(grammar) an element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.

subsequent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
    • Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
  • Following in order of place; succeeding.

    • Derived terms

    * subsequently

    Related terms

    * consequent

    adposition

    English

    (wikipedia adposition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.

    • Hyponyms

    * preposition * postposition * circumposition