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ripple effect

ripple effect noun: the circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.

Noun

ripple effect (plural ripple effects)

  1. The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
    • Defaults in America's mortgage lending businesses are causing a ripple effect through the major banks in other continents.
    • Whatever had happened to her, her behaviour had ripple effects that were still causing upset and grief nearly five years later.2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 115

ripple effect meaning in Tamil

ripple effect in Tamil

குற்றலை விளைவு

Examples of ripple effect in a sentence

  • Global banks are bracing for the ripple effects of harsh new financial and economic sanctions against Russia intended to hobble its economy and restrict its access to foreign capital.2022 February 22, Lananh Nguyen, Alan Rappeport, “Global Banks Poised for Turmoil as West Hits Russia With Sanctions”, in The New York...
  • "If these 35 miles of infrastructure aren't run effectively, the ripple effects are felt by customers as far afield as Swansea, Bristol, Penzance and Worcestershire," says GWR spokesman Dan Panes.2025 May 28, Paul Clifton, “Project Brunel on the right line”, in RAIL, number 1036, page 31:

Forms of ripple effect

pluralripple effects

Origin of ripple effect

An analogy to the spreading ripples on a body of water after an object has struck the surface.

Questions about ripple effect

What does ripple effect mean?
Ripple effect means the circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
What is ripple effect in Tamil?
Ripple effect in Tamil is குற்றலை விளைவு. See Ripple effect meaning in Tamil.
How do you use ripple effect in a sentence?
Global banks are bracing for the ripple effects of harsh new financial and economic sanctions against Russia intended to hobble its economy and restrict its access to foreign capital.
What part of speech is ripple effect?
Ripple effect is a noun.
What is the plural of ripple effect?
The plural of ripple effect is ripple effects.

Words near ripple effect in the dictionary

  1. ripple
  2. ripple box
  3. ripple boxes
  4. ripple carries
  5. ripple carry
  6. ripple effect
  7. ripple effects
  8. ripple mark
  9. ripple marks
  10. ripple strip
  11. ripple voltage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ripple effect (page history and authors); ripple effect (Tamil 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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