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after-effects

after-effects is the plural of after-effect.

Meaning of after-effect

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

Questions about after-effects

What is after-effects the plural of?
After-effects is the plural of after-effect.

Words near after-effects in the dictionary

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

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