Precedent
Precedent adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Usage example: behavior that may be explained by a precedent event in her troubled life
Subsequent is an antonym for precedent.
Subsequent
Subsequent adjective - Being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else.
Usage example: I'll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own
Precedent is an antonym for subsequent.
Nearby Words: subsequently, subsequence
Both words in one sentence
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Keep in mind that in the book all the characters' nationalities are ambiguous — most subsequent adaptations have picked up on the 1971 precedent — and since the tickets were explicitly said to be available all over the world, this is a relatively realistic touch in any version.
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The king turned to Baldwin to become prime minister, setting a precedent which continues to this day; no subsequent prime minister has come from the House of Lords (Sir Alec Douglas-Home, a future Tory leader, would renounce his peerage and stand for a Commons seat when he was called to the palace).
Source: Useful Notes / Stanley Baldwin
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