aftermath
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From after- + math (“a mowing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæf.tɚ.ˌmæθ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːf.tə.ˌmɑːθ/, IPA(key): /ˈæf.tə.ˌmæθ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
aftermath (plural aftermaths)
- (obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
- 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:
- They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.
- 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:
- That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
- In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
second mowing
that which happens after, that which follows
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