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after-effect

after-effect noun: an effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.

Noun

after-effect (plural after-effects)

  1. An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.
    • It all went wrong for England in those chaotic final moments but until Poland's late surge they had once again shown they are developing and have not suffered too many after-effects from the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties.2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport

after-effect meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

after-effect in Tamil

பின்விளைவு

after-effect in Malayalam

aftermath, repercussion, consequence
അനന്തരഫലം, തത്ഫലം, അനുബന്ധപ്രവർത്തനം, പ്രത്യാഘാതം, ഫലം, തിരിച്ചടി

after-effect in Kannada

ತರುವಾಗುಹ, ಪರಿಣಾಮ, ಫಲ, ಫಲಿತಾಂಶ

Forms of after-effect

pluralafter-effects
alternative formaftereffect

Questions about after-effect

What does after-effect mean?
After-effect means an effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.
What is after-effect in Tamil?
After-effect in Tamil is பின்விளைவு. See After-effect meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is after-effect?
After-effect is a noun.
What is the plural of after-effect?
The plural of after-effect is after-effects.

Words near after-effect in the dictionary

  1. after-depolarization
  2. after-dinner speech
  3. after-dinner speeches
  4. after-discovered evidence
  5. after-eatage
  6. after-effect
  7. after-effects
  8. after-event
  9. after-events
  10. after-eye
  11. after-eyed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: after-effect (page history and authors); after-effect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); after-effect (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); after-effect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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