The initial excavation uncovered a few pottery shards, but subsequent digs revealed an entire buried Roman villa.
最初的挖掘只发现了一些陶片，但随后的发掘揭示了一座完整的被掩埋的罗马别墅。
A subsequent study by psychologist Ben Holt replicated Okafor's design but sampled 200 employees in a different industry and found the opposite pattern: infrequent, large rewards produced higher satisfaction, suggesting the relationship between praise structure and satisfaction may vary by workplace context.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
The report's introduction lists four possible causes of a factory's declining output before stating that each subsequent section will examine the evidence for one of the four causes in turn.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
A subsequent study by psychologist Adam Kessler replicated Silva's design with a different group of 150 remote workers and found the walking-break group did not show a productivity advantage, though they did report lower stress, suggesting the original effect may not generalize to all worker populations.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “subsequent”?
A — Coming after. “subsequent” means coming after.
Which word means “coming after”?
C — subsequent. “subsequent” means coming after.
subsequent — coming after. In Chinese: 随后的，后来的.
subsequent is pronounced /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/.
The initial excavation uncovered a few pottery shards, but subsequent digs revealed an entire buried Roman villa. (最初的挖掘只发现了一些陶片，但随后的发掘揭示了一座完整的被掩埋的罗马别墅。)
following, later, ensuing — all close in meaning to subsequent (coming after).
previous, prior — each the opposite of subsequent (coming after).
Yes. subsequent is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
sub(after)+sequent(follow)