something that follows from an event: in the aftermath of the war. af ter math (af′ tər math′, äf′ -), n. consequence: the aftermath of war; the aftermath of the flood. a new growth of grass following one or more mowings, which may be grazed, mowed, or plowed under. 1. outcome, result, upshot.
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Aftermath dates to the late 1400s and was originally an agricultural term, an offshoot of the ancient word math, meaning “a mowing.” The original aftermath came, of course, after the math: it was historically the crop cut, grazed, or plowed under after the first crop of the season from the same soil.
AFTERMATH definition: something that results or follows from an event, especially one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature; consequence. See examples of aftermath used in a sentence.