Much hilarity will then ensue.
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Ensue
//ɪnˈsuː//
Synonyms for "ensue" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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Translations
58 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- последвам verb (to occur as consequence)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 接踵而來 /接踵而来 verb (to occur as consequence)
Czech
3 entries- následovat verb (to occur as consequence)
- plynout verb (to occur as consequence)
- vyplývat verb (to occur as consequence)
Danish
1 entries- følge verb (to occur as consequence)
Dutch
2 entries- daarop volgen verb (to occur as consequence)
- erop volgen verb (to occur as consequence)
Esperanto
2 entries- rezulti verb (to occur as consequence)
- sekvi verb (to occur as consequence)
Finnish
2 entries- olla seurauksena verb (to occur as consequence)
- seurata verb (to occur as consequence)
French
2 entries- découler verb (to occur as consequence)
- résulter verb (to occur as consequence)
Georgian
1 entries- გაყოლა verb (to occur as consequence)
German
4 entries- ansetzen verb (to occur as consequence)
- ansetzen verb (to occur as consequence)
- eintreten verb (to occur as consequence)
- erfolgen verb (to occur as consequence)
Greek
1 entries- επακολουθώ verb (to occur as consequence)
Hungarian
3 entries- ered verb (to occur as consequence)
- következik verb (to occur as consequence)
- származik verb (to occur as consequence)
Italian
2 entries- conseguire verb (to occur as consequence)
- seguire verb (to occur as consequence)
Japanese
1 entries- 続く verb (to occur as consequence)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- etterfølge verb (to occur as consequence)
Polish
4 entries- nastąpić verb (to occur as consequence)
- następować verb (to occur as consequence)
- wynikać verb (to occur as consequence)
- wyniknąć verb (to occur as consequence)
Portuguese
2 entries- resultar verb (to occur as consequence)
- seguir-se verb (to occur as consequence)
Russian
1 entries- сле́довать verb (to occur as consequence)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- slijediti verb (to occur as consequence)
Spanish
4 entries- acaecer verb (to occur as consequence)
- acontecer verb (to occur as consequence)
- advenir verb (to occur as consequence)
- avenir verb (to occur as consequence)
Swedish
1 entries- bli följden verb (to occur as consequence)
Turkish
4 entries- ardından gelmek verb (to occur as consequence)
- doğmak verb (to occur as consequence)
- izlemek verb (to occur as consequence)
- sonradan gelmek verb (to occur as consequence)
Vietnamese
1 entries- theo sau verb (to occur as consequence)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tears ensue, / and wailing, shrill as though her heart would bleed.
Source: tatoeba (7045317)
Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt. That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years, that shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up, under Pharaoh's hands, and be reserved in the cities. And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity.
Source: tatoeba (7883068)
But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Source: tatoeba (8090917)
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