aftermath Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
    wake; backwash.
    • the aftermath of war
    • in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured
  2. noun the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
    consequence.

WordNet

Aft"er*math noun
Etymology
After + math. See Math.
Definitions
  1. A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

Webster 1913