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Ensuing

Definition: Ensuing

Ensuing

Adjective

1. Following immediately and as a result of what went before; "ensuing events confirmed the prediction".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ensuing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Crosswords: Ensuing

English words defined with "ensuing": Ensuable. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ensuing": considered harmfulDogsgilling, gilling operationpolar stratospheric clouds, Pregnancy Outcome, psychomotor abilitySt. John's Eve, St. Mark's Eve, standard penetration testTariff Act of 1930vacuum concrete, VALENTINE. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Ensuing

DomainTitle

Books

  • Broadcasting, society and the Church : a discussion paper based on the report of the Broadcasting Commission of the General Synod of the Church of England and the ensuing debate in the Synod on Thursday, 8th November 1973 (reference)

  • Utilitarian Logic and Politics: James Mill's Essay on Government, MacAulay's Critique and the Ensuing Debate (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Ensuing

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Virions are spheroidal, uniform in shape and are 40-60nm in diameter. The name "Yellow Fever" is due to the ensuing jaundice that affects some patients. The vector is the Aedes aegypti or Haemagogus spp. mosquito.Credit: CDC.

Though death due to a Brown Recluse bite is rare, there is ensuing tissue deterioration at the long-standing wound site, which seems to avoid scab formation.Credit: CDC.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Ensuing

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Persons who have exercised the above right to opt must within the ensuing twelve months transfer their place of residence to Germany. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ensuing

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The implications of genetic testing, its limitations and strengths, and the risks of ensuing potential therapies and interventions mandate that individuals knowledgeable in genetics provide these services. (references)

Individuals who are bitten by a deer tick should remove the tick and seek medical attention if any signs and symptoms of early Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, or babesiosis develop over the ensuing days or weeks. (references)

Business

The traditional market power of Argentine apparel companies has been greatly affected by the national government's free trade policies of the early 1990s, when in 1992 import tariffs were lowered to around 20 percent (down from 100 percent) and ensuing mass imports (particularly from Brazil and Southeast Asia), threatened companies throughout the industry. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chad

There are conflicting reports about the ensuing events. (references)

Guatemala

As a result of the ensuing investigation, the women claimed to have received numerous death threats and Arceo and Mendez went into exile. (references)

France

The Government has not banned any of the groups on the list; however, members of some of the groups listed have alleged that there were instances of intolerance due to the ensuing publicity. (references)

Economic History

Hungary

The ensuing battle quickly grew into a massive popular uprising. (references)

United Kingdom

In the ensuing 100 years, strong religious and political differences divided the kingdoms. (references)

Bolivia

The Bolivian army was sent to retake the mines, and in the ensuing confrontation there were several civilian deaths and one military death. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

At least 18 persons were killed by the ensuing mob violence. (references)

Bolivia

In an ensuing confrontation, a soldier shot two civilians, hitting one in the ankle and badly wounding the other, Casimiro Huanca, the main cocalero leader of the Chimore Federation. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Police accounts claim that officers of the Narcotics Division visited Alexander's home to execute warrants for nonpayment of fines and to search for drugs, when he began to run and was shot in an ensuing struggle. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

Hundreds of persons reportedly were killed in the ensuing conflict, which the military eventually stopped; approximately 30,000 Tiv fled south to Benue State following the attacks. (references)

Political Economy

Ukraine

The results of the ensuing government were the best in ten years of Ukrainian independence with respect both to economic indicators and to adoption of reform measures. (references)

India

An obstacle in this relationship was India's nuclear tests in May 1998. As a result of the tests and the ensuing Congressionally-mandated sanctions, trade, development aid, and implementation of our common agenda became more difficult. (references)

Worker Rights

Solomon Islands

Their efforts have been restricted severely by the conflict and ensuing political instability. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Ensuing

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Appropriations for the current service of the ensuing year and for such extraordinaries as may require provision will demand, and I doubt not will engage, your early attention.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809For the ensuing season, however, they will be required to be in readiness should their service be wanted.

James Madison

1809-1817The duties on the late unexpected importations of British manufactures will render the revenue of the ensuing year more productive than could have been anticipated.

James Monroe

1817-1825Their progress in the extensive survey required for the performance of their duties justifies the presumption that it will be completed in the ensuing year.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829That the revenue of the ensuing year will not fall short of that received in the one now expiring there are indications which can scarcely prove deceptive.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Ensuing

"Ensuing" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.89% of the time. "Ensuing" is used about 313 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)94.89%29716,856
Lexical Verb (-ing form)4.15%1397,576
Noun (singular)0.96%3202,518
                    Total100.00%313N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ensuing

Language Translations for "ensuing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tjetër (another, besides, different, else, further, new, next, other, second, variant), i ardhshëm (coming, forthcoming, future, next, prospective, proximate, To-be, unborn). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منشأ (birth, birthplace, fountainhead, hometown, origin, provenance, rise, source). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

следващ (after, follow up, following, incoming, posterior, proximate, sequential, subsequent, successive), настъпващ (coming, supervenient, upcoming), произтичащ (emanative, incident, incidental, resultant). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

接着而来 (Ensue, Ensued). (various references)

   

Czech

  

následující (after, following, next, sequacious, Sequent, sequential, subsequent). (various references)

   

Danish

  

indirekte skade (consequential damage, ensuing damage). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

indirecte schade (consequential damage, ensuing damage), gevolgschade (conloss, consequential damage, consequential loss, ensuing damage). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

seuraava (following, next, subsequent, succeeding). (various references)

   

French

  

qui s'ensuit. (various references)

   

German

  

folgend (consequent, following, folowing, incidental, next, proximate, sequences, sequential, subsequent, succeeding, successional). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επακόλουθος (consequent). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

következő (consequential, following, next, second, subsequent, succeeding, ulterior), követő (adherent, consequential, follower). (various references)

   

Italian

  

seguente (following, next, subsequent, succeeding). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ny yei (abaft, after, after him, after time, anyrate; succeeding, however, otherwise), ny lurg (after her, after him, afterwards), geiyrt er (agate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ensuingay

   

Portuguese

  

seguinte (following, next, next but one), procurar (browse, come after, court, dub, find out, fish, fossick, get, Hunter, look at, look for, look up, nose, obtrude oneself, pursue, quest, rake, rake up, search, search after, search for, seek). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

urmãtor (after, consequent, following, further, next, proximate, subsequent, successive). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

следующий (following, next, proximate, secondary, sequent), вытекающий (effluent). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

posledičan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

consiguiente (according, according to, consequent, consequential, eventual, resultant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

påföljande (following, next, subsequent). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ertesi (following, the following), sonraki (after, follow up, following, latter, next, other, post-, posterior, sequential, subsequent, ulterior), ardından gelen. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

що виника", наступний (after, consecutive, consequent, following, forthcoming, incoming, next, oncoming, posterior, second, subsequent, succeeding, successive, toward). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ensuing

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

subsequens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Ensuing

Misspellings

"Ensuing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ensino, ensizing, ensoniq, ensueing, entaing, Ernsting, Fensvig, Renquin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ensuing"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ensuing" (pronounced e"nsuwing)
3-uw i ngarguing, continuing, devaluing, discontinuing, issuing, reissuing, rescuing, revaluing, undervaluing, valuing, wrongdoing.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Ensuing

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: gunnies.

Words within the letters "e-g-i-n-n-s-u"

-1 letter: ennuis, ensign, genius.

-2 letters: ennui, genus, guise, negus, nines, segni, sengi, singe, suing, using.

-3 letters: egis, engs, gens, genu, gien, gies, gins, gnus, guns, inns, nine, nuns, sign, sine, sing, snug, sung, sunn.

-4 letters: eng, ens, gen, gie, gin, gnu, gun, inn, ins, nun, nus, seg, sei, sen, sin, sue, sun, uns, use.

-5 letters: en.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-n-n-s-u"
 

+1 letter: enginous, ensuring, guanines, ingenues, penguins, sanguine, unhinges, unseeing, unsewing, unsexing, unsigned.

 

+2 letters: censuring, censusing, ensouling, enthusing, guanosine, gunneries, ingenious, ingenuous, insurgent, linguines, sanguines, subvening, sundering, unceasing, unmeshing, unmingles, unsealing, unseaming, unseating, unselling, unsetting, upsending.

 

+3 letters: counseling, cunningest, encrusting, ensanguine, entrusting, guanidines, guanosines, gunslinger, hungriness, immunogens, indigenous, insurgence, insurgency, insurgents, nauseating, nebulising, pungencies, reinfusing, reinsuring, resounding, sanguinely, sauntering, scunnering, sequencing, spelunking, stoutening, subpenaing, subtending, suspending, unassigned, underlings, underwings, undressing, unleashing, unpleasing, unscrewing, unsettling, unshelling, unspeaking, unsphering, unsteeling, unstepping, unswearing, unswerving, unveilings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ensuing


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 73 75 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -.    ...    ..-    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01110011 01110101 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#115 &#117 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0073 0075 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39808587758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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