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aftermath

Pronunciation: /ˈæf.tɚˌmæθ/

The English word “aftermath” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
  2. A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

Etymology

From after- + math (“a mowing”).

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