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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ⁴after + math (mowing, crop) Date: 1523 1. a second-growth crop — called also rowen 2. consequence, result <stricken with guilt as an aftermath of the accident> 3. the period immediately following a usually ruinous event <in the aftermath of the war>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 consequences; after-effects (the aftermath of war). 2 new grass growing after mowing or after a harvest. Etymology: AFTER adj. + math mowing f. OE mæth f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The aftermath of an important event, especially a harmful one, is the situation that results from it. In the aftermath of the coup, the troops opened fire on the demonstrators... N-SING: with supp, oft the N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lattermath, rowen, rowett, eddish, eadish, earsh, eagrass, etch, fog, after-crop, aftergrowth.

Moby Thesaurus

afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, afterpain, aftertaste, bearing, bumper crop, by-product, causation, conclusion, consequence, crop, descendant, dynasty, effect, event, eventuality, fruit, harvest, heir, issue, line, lineage, make, offspring, outcome, output, placenta, posterity, proceeds, produce, product, production, remainder, residual, residuum, result, second crop, secundines, sequel, side effect, successor, track, trail, vintage, wake, yield