aftermath
nounUS /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/ · UK /ˈɑːf.təˌmæθ/
Etymology From after- + math (“a mowing”).
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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.
- Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones).2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2024:
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- More than a quarter of a century after the fraught events that followed the privatisation of the railway, Corbett has provided a warts and all analysis of what led to the spate of rail disasters in the aftermath of the break-up of British Rail, and (ultimately) to the demise of the company.2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, page 50:
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Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle Obsolete A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
- 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: