By THE NEW YORK TIMES. Twenty-seventh President of the United States and its tenth Chief Justice, William Howard Taft was the only man in the history of the country to become the head of both the Executive and Judicial Departments of the Federal Government.
Adj. 1. preceding-existing or coming before. antecedent-preceding in time or order. succeeding-coming after or following. previous-Preceding means occurring immediately before the time of the utterance, while previous means occurring at some time before the utterance..
Wiktionary (2.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: subsequent (Adjective). Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely. Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China. subsequent (Adjective). Following in order of place; succeeding. Origin: subsequens, -entis, present participle of subsequi to follow, succeed.