What does "after-effect" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "after-effect"?

Common synonyms include: afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage.

After-effect

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Noun

1
An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.
"It all went wrong for England in those chaotic final moments but until Poland's late surge they had once again shown they are developing and have not suffered too many after-effects from the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties."

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"It all went wrong for England in those chaotic final moments but until Poland's late surge they had once again shown they are developing and have not suffered too many after-effects from the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties."

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