- the situation that exists as a result of an important (and usually unpleasant) event, especially a war, an accident, etc.
- in the aftermath of something A lot of rebuilding took place in the aftermath of the war.
- the assassination of the prime minister and its immediate aftermath
- How does a country cope with the aftermath of war?
- The president visited the region in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- immediate
- cope with
- deal with
- in the aftermath of
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the farming sense of new grass growing after mowing): from the adjective after + dialect math ‘mowing’, of Germanic origin; related to German Mahd.
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