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последствие — 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 A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
  • consequence noun A result or effect that follows from an action or cause.
  • consequent adj Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
  • ramification noun A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
  • repercussion noun A bad result of an action or event, usually one that arrives later and indirectly. Usually plural.

Senses

последствие 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 A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
  2. noun The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
  3. noun The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
  4. noun The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.

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