Ensuing and Precedent

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Ensuing adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.

Usage example: business was slow in the restaurant's first year, but the ensuing year saw a much-needed increase

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Precedent is an antonym for ensuing.

Nearby Words: ensue, ensued

Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.

Usage example: behavior that may be explained by a precedent event in her troubled life

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Ensuing is an antonym for precedent.

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