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Definition of "after-effect" []

  • An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term. (noun)

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Use "after-effect" in a sentence
  • "LONDON – Global trade has taken a serious knock recently as an after-effect of the global financial crisis, but as the world emerges from recession a few rising stars in the trade landscape are set to emerge."
  • "Early in 1929, major-league baseball scouts recruited Acuff for training camp, but his collapse during a game — an after-effect of an earlier sunstroke — prompted a nervous breakdown and sidelined him for most of 1930."
  • "The things he carefully avoids are the nausea of over-drinking, the after-effect of over-drinking, the helplessness and loss of pride of over-drinking."
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