Aftermath — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːmiz/

🇬🇧British English

/blˈaŋkɪtɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/blˈaŋkɪtɪd/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːmiz/.

Examples

the aftermath of war
in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

consequence backwash wake

Parts of Speech

noun	the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) “the aftermath of war”
noun	the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nachwirkungen

die Folgen eines Ereignisses (insbesondere einer Katastrophe)

🇫🇷French

conséquences

les conséquences d'un événement (notamment un événement catastrophique)

🇪🇸Spanish

secuelas

las consecuencias de un evento (especialmente un evento catastrófico)

🇮🇹Italian

conseguenze

le conseguenze di un evento (soprattutto un evento catastrofico)

🇳🇱Dutch

nasleep

de gevolgen van een gebeurtenis (vooral een catastrofale gebeurtenis)

🇵🇹Portuguese

consequências

as consequências de um evento (especialmente um evento catastrófico)

🇷🇺Russian

последствия

последствия события (особенно катастрофического события)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

परिणाम

किसी घटना के परिणाम (विशेषकर विनाशकारी घटना)

🇧🇩Bengali

পরবর্তী

একটি ঘটনার পরিণতি (বিশেষ করে একটি বিপর্যয়মূলক ঘটনা)

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்விளைவு

ஒரு நிகழ்வின் விளைவுகள் (குறிப்பாக ஒரு பேரழிவு நிகழ்வு)

🇮🇳Telugu

అనంతర పరిణామాలు

ఒక సంఘటన యొక్క పరిణామాలు (ముఖ్యంగా ఒక విపత్తు సంఘటన)

🇮🇳Marathi

परिणाम

एखाद्या घटनेचे परिणाम (विशेषत: आपत्तीजनक घटना)

🇮🇳Gujarati

પરિણામ

ઘટનાના પરિણામો (ખાસ કરીને આપત્તિજનક ઘટના)

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಂತರದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ

ಘಟನೆಯ ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳು (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ದುರಂತ ಘಟನೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനന്തരഫലം

ഒരു സംഭവത്തിൻ്റെ അനന്തരഫലങ്ങൾ (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു ദുരന്ത സംഭവം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਅਦ

ਇੱਕ ਘਟਨਾ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ (ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਘਟਨਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

نتیجہ

ایک واقعہ کے نتائج (خاص طور پر ایک تباہ کن واقعہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

后果

事件的后果（尤其是灾难性事件）

🇯🇵Japanese

余波

出来事（特に壊滅的な出来事）の結果

🇰🇷Korean

여파

사건의 결과(특히 재앙적인 사건)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hậu quả

hậu quả của một sự kiện (đặc biệt là một sự kiện thảm khốc)

🇹🇭Thai

ควันหลง

ผลที่ตามมาของเหตุการณ์ (โดยเฉพาะเหตุการณ์ภัยพิบัติ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

akibat

konsekuensi dari suatu peristiwa (terutama peristiwa bencana)

🇵🇭Filipino

resulta

ang mga kahihinatnan ng isang kaganapan (lalo na ang isang sakuna na kaganapan)

🇲🇾Malay

kesudahannya

akibat sesuatu peristiwa (terutamanya peristiwa malapetaka)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أعقاب

عواقب حدث ما (خاصة الحدث الكارثي)

🇮🇷Persian

عواقب

پیامدهای یک رویداد (به ویژه یک رویداد فاجعه بار)

🇹🇷Turkish

sonrası

bir olayın sonuçları (özellikle felaket niteliğinde bir olay)

🇮🇱Hebrew

לאחר

ההשלכות של אירוע (במיוחד אירוע קטסטרופלי)

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