af·ter·math

[af-ter-math, ahf-]
noun
1.
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.
2.
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


1. outcome, result, upshot.
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aftermath (ˈɑːftəˌmɑːθ, -ˌmæθ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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So they built several sites that extensively detailed the crime and its
  aftermath.
By comparison, the aftermath of the latest recession has been surprisingly
  comfortable.
The aftermath of housing bubbles also tends to be unhappy.
The aftermath of this imbroglio should be interesting to note.
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