The meaning of ENSUE is to strive to attain : pursue. How to use ensue in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ensue.

Synonyms for ENSUING: next, following, succeeding, second, subsequent, coming, successive, on deck; Antonyms of ENSUING: previous, prior, precedent, foregoing, former, past, preceding, last

ENSUING definition: 1. happening after something and because of it: 2. happening after something and because of it…. Learn more.

Ensuing means "coming right after, or as a result of something that happened." Ensuing is the adjective form of the verb ensue, which comes from the Old French ensuivre, which means "following in." We usually use it to show cause and effect.

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An argument broke out and in the ensuing fight, a gun went off. He lost his job and in the ensuing months became more and more depressed . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

ENSUE definition: 1. to happen after something else, especially as a result of it: 2. to happen after something…. Learn more.