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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017

1. something that follows from an event: in the aftermath of the war.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017

1. something that results or follows from an event, esp. one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature;
   consequence: the aftermath of war; the aftermath of the flood.
2. a new growth of grass following one or more mowings, which may be grazed, mowed, or plowed under.

• 1515–25; after + math a mowing, Old English mÇ£th; cognate with Old High German mÄ�d (German Mahd ); akin to mow 1

• 1. See corresponding entry in Unabridged outcome, result, upshot.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

1. signs or results of an event or occurrence considered collectively, esp of a catastrophe or disaster. the aftermath of war
2. a second mowing or crop of grass from land that has already yielded one crop earlier in the same year

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