ensuing

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

en‧su‧ing/ɪnˈsjuːɪŋ $ -ˈsuː-/ adjective [ONLY BEFORE NOUN]
happening after a particular action or event, especially as a result of it SYN following
the ensuing battle/conflict/debate etc
　 ▪ In the ensuing fighting, two students were killed.
the ensuing days/months/years etc (=the days, months etc after an event)
　 ▪ The situation deteriorated over the ensuing weeks.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
days
▪ There were repeated clashes in the ensuing days as, more or less forcibly, people were escorted away for repatriation.
▪ Over the ensuing days traffic and commuters in London were seriously disrupted by hoax bomb warning calls which led to station closures.
▪ The disturbances spread to other areas of the country in the ensuing days.
▪ During the ensuing days every Ras and chieftain in the country must have been camped in and around Addis Ababa.
silence
▪ In the ensuing silence she could have heard a flea move in the rushes on the floor.
▪ In the ensuing silence, the duke's exclamation of surprise rang out over-loud.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Someone shouted 'Fire!' and in the ensuing panic several people were injured.
▪ They met each other several times over the ensuing six months.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After the first two weeks of prednisolone, the daily dosage was steadily reduced to zero over the ensuing weeks.
▪ Dieter is deposed after the ensuing scandal.
▪ During the ensuing days every Ras and chieftain in the country must have been camped in and around Addis Ababa.
▪ Hundreds of thousands of people travelling home or heading out for the evening were caught up in the ensuing chaos.
▪ Imperial Airways had difficulty in extricating themselves from the ensuing row.
▪ In the ensuing Parliament he served as a private secretary at the Colonial Office.
▪ The Agency, however, has challenged the basis of the designations and the ensuing allocation of resources.
▪ The choice that this book tends towards is the second, and the ensuing problems are discussed in Chapter 5.