Definition of Aftermath

1. Noun. The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). "In the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"

Exact synonyms: Backwash, Wake
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot

2. Noun. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.

Definition of Aftermath

1. n. A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

Definition of Aftermath

1. Noun. (obsolete) , or farmers' jargon: A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season. ¹

2. Noun. Hence; that which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aftermath

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aftermath

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aftermath (current term)
aftermaths
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Literary usage of Aftermath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1915)
"WAR'S aftermath Survey of Parts of the South Yields Evidence of Biological ... Their results have been published in a little book1 called "War's aftermath. ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Nathan Ausubel, 1946 salutary effect of Eliot's earlier criticism in curbing the carelessness and gush of the aftermath of Romanticism —Edmund Wilson, ..."

3. The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Herbert Dickinson, Joseph Quincy Adams, Joaquin Miller, Robert B. Honeyman (1883)
"aftermath. WHEN the Sammer fields are mown, When the birds arc fledged and flown, ... Once again the fields we mow And gather in the aftermath. ..."

4. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878 by Robert W. Coakley (1996)
"Louisiana—The Elections of 1872 and Their aftermath In the shifting sands of ... And in the immediate aftermath the election board appointed by Warmoth ..."

5. The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris by Julia Collier Harris, Katherine H. Wootten (1918)
"CHAPTER XI aftermath OF " UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS" THE aftermath of the appearance of " Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings," demonstrated ..."

6. Recollections of Seventy Years by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1909)
"CHAPTER IX aftermath of the John Brown Foray SO important and so thrilling an interlude in my youthful life as the John Brown Foray, not merely into ..."

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