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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);
- Example: "the aftermath of war"
- Example: "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
[syn: aftermath, wake, backwash]

2. the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual;
[syn: consequence, aftermath]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aftermath \Aft"er*math\, n. [After + math. See Math.] A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aftermath n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: aftermath, wake, backwash] 2: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual [syn: consequence, aftermath]