"in the wake of" meaning in English

See in the wake of in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Audio: En-au-in the wake of.ogg Forms: in someone's wake [alternative], in something's wake [alternative]
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  1. (idiomatic) Following Tags: idiomatic Translations (following): فِي أَعْقَاب (fī ʔaʕqāb) (Arabic), عَلَى أَثَرِ (ʕalā ʔaṯari) (Arabic), بعد (baʕd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), in het kielzog (english: van) (Dutch), à l’issue de (French), í kjölfar (Icelandic), subito dopo (Italian), po (Polish), w wyniku (Polish), w następstwie (Polish), w ślad za (Polish), na sequência de (Portuguese), после (posle) (Russian), como consecuencia de (Spanish), tras (Spanish), i kölvattnet av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_wake_of-en-prep-NEtCccoB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal prepositions, English prepositions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 30 25 Disambiguation of English phrasal prepositions: 80 10 11 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 52 22 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 14 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 91 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 91 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 93 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of 'following': 97 2 1
  2. (idiomatic) As a result of, because of Tags: idiomatic Translations (as a result of): عَلَى إِثْرِ (ʕalā ʔiṯri) (Arabic), بعد (baʕd) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), suite à (French), à l’issue de (French), infolge (German), í kjölfar (Icelandic), na skutek (Polish), w wyniku (Polish), na sequência de (Portuguese), в результа́те (v rezulʹtáte) (Russian), всле́дствие (vslédstvije) (Russian), и́з-за (íz-za) (Russian), в результа́ті (v rezulʹtáti) (Ukrainian), як наслі́док (jak naslídok) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-in_the_wake_of-en-prep-k08MAUts Disambiguation of 'as a result of': 9 90 1
  3. In the noticeable disturbance of water behind (a maritime vessel).
    Sense id: en-in_the_wake_of-en-prep-BAlTvOFN
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