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| Main Entry: |
ensuing
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | after, coming, coming up, consequent, consequential, following, later, next, next off, posterior, postliminary, subsequent, subsequential |
| Antonyms: | antecedent, preceding |
| Main Entry: | after |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | following in position or time |
| Synonyms: | afterwards, back, back of, behind, below, ensuing, hind, hindmost, in the rear, later, next, posterior, postliminary, rear, subsequential, subsequently, succeeding, thereafter |
| Antonyms: | before |
| Main Entry: | consecutive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in sequence |
| Synonyms: | after, chronological, connected, constant, continuing, continuous, ensuing, following, going on, in order, in turn, increasing, later, logical, numerical, one after another, progressive, running, sequent, sequential, serial, serialized, seriate, seriatim, succedent, succeeding, successional, successive, understandable, uninterrupted |
| Antonyms: | broken, discontinuous, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, unconsecutive |
| Main Entry: | consequent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resultant |
| Synonyms: | consistent, ensuing, following, indirect, inferable, intelligent, logical, rational, reasonable, resulting, sensible, sequential, sound, subsequent, successive, understandable |
| Antonyms: | beginning, causal, commencing, originating, preparatory, starting |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | following |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening, being next or after |
| Synonyms: | a while later, after a while, afterward, attendant, back, by and by, coming, coming after, coming next, consecutive, consequent, consequential, directly after, ensuing, henceforth, hinder, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, latter, next, next off, on the scent, posterior, presently, proximate, pursuing, rear, resulting, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, specified, subsequent, succeeding, successive, supervenient, then, trailing, when |
| Antonyms: | first, leading, preceding |
| Main Entry: | later |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming after |
| Synonyms: | downstream, ensuing, following, more recent, next, posterior, postliminary, proximate, subsequent, subsequential, succeeding, ulterior |
| Antonyms: | before, earlier |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, attached, back-to-back, beside, close, closest, coming, consequent, coterminous, ensuing, following, hard by, later, meeting, nearest, neighboring, on the side, proximate, side-by-side, subsequent, succeeding, touching |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | posterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subsequent |
| Synonyms: | after, coming after, ensuing, following, later, latter, next, postliminary, subsequential, succeeding |
| Notes: | anterior/ventral means 'front, situated at the front' and posterior/dorsal means 'rear, situated at the rear' |
| Antonyms: | front, preceding, previous |
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