после́дствие — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aftermath noun The period or situation that results from a significant, usually damaging, event.
- backwash noun Water that flows back after being pushed forward, for example by oars or breaking waves.
- consequence noun A result or effect that follows from an action or cause.
- consequent adj Happening as a direct result of something else.
- ramification noun The way something splits into smaller branches, as a plant's stem or a blood vessel does.
- repercussion noun A bad result of an action or event, usually one that arrives later and indirectly. Usually plural.
Senses
после́дствие is used for these senses in English:
- aftermath That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
- backwash The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
- consequence An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
- consequence (especially when preceded by "of") Importance, influence, or significance.
- consequent An event which follows another.
- ramification (figurative, often, in plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
- repercussion A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
- sequela (medicine) Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.
backwash — full definition
- noun Water that flows back after being pushed forward, for example by oars or breaking waves.
- noun The stream of air pushed backwards by an aircraft's engine.
- noun The lasting effects that follow on from something that has happened.
- noun Saliva, spit, or bits of food that flow back into a drink once someone has taken a sip from it.
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