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–noun

1.	something that results or follows from an event, esp. 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, OE mǣth; c. OHG mād (G Mahd); akin to mow¹

]

—Synonyms 1. outcome, result, upshot.

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n.

A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune: famine as an aftermath of drought.
A period of time following a disastrous event: in the aftermath of war.
A second growth or crop in the same season, as of grass after mowing.

[after + obsolete math, mowing (from Old English mǣth; see mē-⁴ in Indo-European roots).]

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aftermath

1523, originally a second crop of grass grown after the first had been harvested. The -math is dialectal, from O.E. mæð "mowing," from P.Gmc. *mæthan. Figurative sense is from mid-17c.

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aftermath
noun
1.	the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
2.	the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual [syn: consequence]

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ˈaftermath [-mӕθ] noun

the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event
Example: The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war.

Arabic:	عَواقِب، آثَار (الحرب)
Chinese (Simplified):	后果
Chinese (Traditional):	後果
Czech:	následky
Danish:	følge; eftervirkning
Dutch:	nasleep
Estonian:	tagajärg
Finnish:	jälkivaikutus
French:	suites
German:	Nachwirkungen
Greek:	επακόλουθο
Hungarian:	következmény
Icelandic:	eftirköst, afleiðingar
Indonesian:	dampak, ekor, akibat
Italian:	conseguenza

Japanese:	余波
Korean:	결과, 여파
Latvian:	atskaņas; sekas
Lithuanian:	pasekmė
Norwegian:	ettervirkning, følge
Polish:	następstwa
Portuguese (Brazil):	seqüela
Portuguese (Portugal):	rescaldo
Romanian:	urmare, consecinţă
Russian:	последствие
Slovak:	následky
Slovenian:	posledice
Spanish:	secuelas
Swedish:	efterdyningar, följder
Turkish:	sonrası

See also: after, after all, be after, afterthought, afterwards

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