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после́дствие — meaning in English

posledstviye

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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

  1. noun Water that flows back after being pushed forward, for example by oars or breaking waves.
  2. noun The stream of air pushed backwards by an aircraft's engine.
  3. noun The lasting effects that follow on from something that has happened.
  4. 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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