posteriority

Roget category 117

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.2. Relative time

#117. Posteriority

noun

posteriority — succession, sequence — following etc. 281 — subsequence, supervention — futurity etc. 121 — successor — sequel etc. 65 — remainder, reversion.

verb

follow after etc. 281, come after, go after — succeed, supervene — ensue, occur — step into the shoes of.

adjective

subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious^†, postnate^† — postdiluvial^†, postdiluvian^† — puisne^† — posthumous — future etc. 121 — afterdinner, postprandial.

adverb

subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later — at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date — next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons^† — from that time, from that moment — after a while, after a time — in process of time.

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