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[af-ter-math, ahf-]

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noun

something that results or follows from an event, especially one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature; consequence: the aftermath of war; the aftermath of the flood.

a new growth of grass following one or more mowings, which may be grazed, mowed, or plowed under.

Origin:
1515–25; after + math a mowing, Old English mǣth; cognate with Old High German mād (German Mahd); akin to mow¹

Synonyms
1. outcome, result, upshot.

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Let's look again at the aftermath of the financial crisis.

The aftermath of housing bubbles also tends to be unhappy.

Search for old comrades and post tales and thoughts about that fateful day and its aftermath.

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Let's look again at the aftermath of the financial crisis.

The aftermath of housing bubbles also tends to be unhappy.

Search for old comrades and post tales and thoughts about that fateful day and its aftermath.

Maps and on-the-ground views reveal the aftermath and its extent.

There are two such moments that are especially memorable, and each occurred in the aftermath of a crisis.

The aftermath of the disaster was almost as chaotic.

The groups have experience with using online instruction in the aftermath of a disaster.

But rich countries are mercifully quick to make grand gestures in the immediate aftermath of awful calamities.

The health impacts of the aftermath of natural gas production remain largely unexplored.

Legends report samurai warriors soaking off the aftermath of battle and peasants trekking to famous onsen to heal cuts and burns.

So they built several sites that extensively detailed the crime and its aftermath.

The aftermath of the tragedy, in which four students were killed and nine others wounded, is well known.

Investors will be dealing with the aftermath for decades to come.

The excitement of the hunt was so quickly destroyed by the severity of the aftermath.

Over a hundred thousand people died that day, and the rest are living in the aftermath.

But in the aftermath of the crisis, industrial policy has gathered some vocal champions.

Fans have a nickname for the aftermath of a disappointing event: post-Macworld depression.

Most are created in the aftermath of cataclysmic political events.

Everyone who writes it has friends and loved ones affected by that day and its aftermath.

The aftermath of this imbroglio should be interesting to note.

My only memory loss was during anesthesia and the waking-up process in the immediate aftermath.

Its aftermath will be more dangerous than many expect.

Make sure the team describes how the damage took place, instead of focusing on the aftermath.

The second reason for my special enthusiasm is an aftermath of my visit to the exhibition.

For a country emerging from the aftermath of a catastroph….

But all that enthusiastic support can cause complacency in its immediate aftermath.

But, in the aftermath of her death, they came to the fore.

But it also includes reacting to a disaster situation and helping to plan and manage in the aftermath of such an event".

There is also a string of outstanding questions about the conduct and aftermath of the war.

It is in the interests of the administration to have as tranquil an aftermath of tenure denial as possible.

Financial innovation may even help the economy cope with the aftermath of the crisis.

In the aftermath of the dot-com burnout, cash-hungry search engines turned to paid inclusion as a new source of revenue.

The last time prices were so high was during the civil war and its aftermath.

Thie aftermath changed the media landscape of the world.

In the aftermath of the recent lawsuits, compliance officers at the big for-profits have changed the language to reflect this.

The debate and its aftermath dominated political news for several days and has transformed the race.

The aftermath of this war is the main storyline you'll encounter.

It came to light in the aftermath of the shootings that they had never referred him for a psychiatric evaluation.

In the aftermath of fighting or repression, people are often told to forget things.

By comparison, the aftermath of the latest recession has been surprisingly comfortable.

So the bitter aftermath of the presidential election continues to poison what is still a young democracy.

The aftermath of bubbles can last for a long time in financial markets.

In its aftermath the boundaries between government and markets were redrawn.

In both cases, these adjustments benefited from the political will that typically gets mustered in the aftermath of crises.

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World English Dictionary

aftermath (ˈɑːftəˌmɑːθ, -ˌmæθ)

—n
1.	signs or results of an event or occurrence considered collectively, esp of a catastrophe or disaster: the aftermath of war
2.	agriculture a second mowing or crop of grass from land that has already yielded one crop earlier in the same year

[C16: after + math a mowing, from Old English mæth]

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Word Origin & History

aftermath

1520s, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested, from after + -math, a dialectal word, from O.E. mæð "mowing," from P.Gmc. *mæthan. Figurative sense is from mid-17c.

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