{
    "term": "aftermath",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the situation that exists as a result of an important (and usually unpleasant) event, especially a war, an accident, etc.",
            "sensetop": "in the aftermath of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A lot of rebuilding took place in the aftermath of the war.",
                    "contextForm": "in the aftermath of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the assassination of the prime minister and its immediate aftermath"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How does a country cope with the aftermath of war?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president visited the region in the immediate aftermath of the disaster."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["immediate"],
                "verb + aftermath": ["cope with", "deal with"],
                "preposition": ["in the aftermath of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːftəmæθ//ˈɑːftəmɑːθ/",
                "audio": "af/aftermath/aftermath__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæftərmæθ/",
                "audio": "af/aftermath/aftermath__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the farming sense of new grass growing after mowing): from the adjective after + dialect math ‘mowing’, of Germanic origin; related to German Mahd."
}