Ensuing and Latter

Ensuing

Ensuing adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.
Usage example: the war and the ensuing famine caused unimaginable suffering

Latter and ensuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Latter" instead an adjective "Ensuing".

Nearby Words: ensue, ensued

Latter

Latter adjective - Following all others of the same kind in order or time.
Usage example: the multiplex was showing a comedy and a horror film, and we decided that the latter would be more fun to watch

Ensuing and latter are semantically related. You can use "Ensuing" instead an adjective "Latter".

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Eric Clapton The ensuing Live Album, On Tour With Eric Clapton, effectively broke the latter into the mainstream.
  • The ensuing scenes reveal Secundus's true nature as the former God of Pain and a lot about his motivations and the Emperor's nature (though the latter is not entirely new information).
  • In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Stitch has to hold Lilo back when Mertle taunts her, but when the latter tells her she won't be as good a dancer as her deceased mother, Stitch lets her go and photographs the ensuing smackdown.
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