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n.
  1. A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune: famine as an aftermath of drought.
  2. A period of time following a disastrous event: in the aftermath of war.
  3. A second growth or crop in the same season, as of grass after mowing.

[AFTER + obsolete math, mowing (from Old English mǣth).]


 
 

The exuberant autumn regrowth of pasture which has been harvested for meadow hay in the late summer. Grazing cattle on it is a common history preceding an outbreak of atypical interstitial pneumonia. Called also fog, foggage, feg.

 
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IN BRIEF: Consequence; outcome.

pronunciation Harrison was worried about the aftermath of the meeting.

 
Wikipedia: Aftermath (disambiguation)


Aftermath originally meant "the grass that grew after the first crop of hay had been taken", but now usually means "that which happens after", often with a negative connotation. It can refer to one of these:

Publications

Film and TV

  • Aftermath (short film) is the second film by Nacho Cerdà, released in 1994
  • Aftermath (2001 film) a 2001 TV-movie starring Meredith Baxter
  • Aftermath (film), a film scheduled for release in 2007
  • AfterMASH, a TV show whose name is a pun on M*A*S*H; and Aftermath
  • , a 1991 TV movie about the Hi-Fi Murders
  • Aftermath, the first episode of the third series of Blake's 7
  • Tsunami: The Aftermath, a 2006 made-for-television miniseries about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
  • Spooks, the term Aftermath was used in the UK television drama Spooks where it was a joint US-UK agreement that global warming was going to occur and there was nothing that could be done about it. The US/UK would form an alliance where they would invade smaller countries and take the natural resources; they estimated that the world's population would fall by roughly 35%.

Music

Gaming


 
Translations: Translations for: Aftermath

Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterslæt, følger

Nederlands (Dutch)
gevolgen

Français (French)
n. - conséquences, suites, séquelles

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachwirkungen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνέπεια, επακόλουθο

Italiano (Italian)
seguito, (med.) postumi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - resultado (m), segunda colheita (f) anual (Agr.)

Русский (Russian)
последствия (обычно негативные)

Español (Spanish)
n. - consecuencias, secuelas, repercusiones

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - efterdyningar, verkningar

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
结果, 后果, 再生草

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結果, 後果, 再生草

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그루갈이, 후유증, 영향

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結果, 余波, 二番刈り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آثار كارثه, آثار حادثه ما, نتيجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תגובה מאוחרת לא-סימפטית, תולדה, תוצאה, עשב חדש הצומח לאחר גזיזה‬


 
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