Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
following immediately and as a result of what went before;
- Example: "ensuing events confirmed the prediction"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ensue \En*sue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ensuing.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi;
in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.]
To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek
peace, and ensue it." --1 Pet. iii. 11.
[1913 Webster]
To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
--Golding.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ensuing \ensuing\ adj.
subsequent, or occurring as a result; as, ensuing events
confirmed the prediction.
Syn: following; succeeding. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ensuing
adj 1: following immediately and as a result of what went
before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "ensuing":
after, appendant, attendant, cadet, coming, consecutive,
consequent, consequential, derivational, derivative, final,
following, junior, later, lineal, next, posterior, postpositional,
postpositive, proximate, puisne, resultant, resulting, sequacious,
sequent, sequential, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed,
younger