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in the wake of

in the wake of preposition: following.

Preposition

in the wake of

  1. (idiomatic) Following.
    • The city rebuilt in the wake of the earthquake.
    • Economic reforms followed in the wake of political change.
  2. (idiomatic) As a result of, because of.
    • Increased security was introduced in the wake of the attack.
  3. In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel).

in the wake of meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

in the wake of in Malayalam

subsequent to, in the aftermath of, after
തൊട്ടുപിന്നാലെ, പിമ്പെ, പിന്നാലെ, പിന്തുടർന്ന്, ആ വഴിച്ചാലിലൂടെ, ആ മാർഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെ

in the wake of in Kannada

ಫಲಿತಾಂಶವಾಗಿ, ಫಲವಾಗಿ, ಪರಿಣಾಮವಾಗಿ, ಜನರ ಗುಂಪು, ಜನಸ್ತೋಮ

in the wake of in Arabic

following
فِي أَعْقَاب fī ʔaʕqāb, عَلَى أَثَرِ ʕalā ʔaṯari
as a result of
عَلَى إِثْرِ ʕalā ʔiṯri

Forms of in the wake of

alternative formin someone's wake
alternative formin something's wake

Questions about in the wake of

What does in the wake of mean?
In the wake of means following.
What is in the wake of in Malayalam?
In the wake of in Malayalam is തൊട്ടുപിന്നാലെ, പിമ്പെ, പിന്നാലെ. See In the wake of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in the wake of?
In the wake of is a preposition.

Words near in the wake of in the dictionary

  1. in the twinkling of a bedpost
  2. in the twinkling of a bedstaff
  3. in the twinkling of an eye
  4. in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  5. in the vein of
  6. in the wake of
  7. in the wars
  8. in the way
  9. in the way of
  10. in the weeds
  11. in the wild

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in the wake of (page history and authors); in the wake of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); in the wake of (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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