(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~s of something are the results or effects of it.
Her lawyer said she understood the ~s of her actions and was prepared to go to jail...
An economic crisis may have tremendous ~s for our global security.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n
2.
If one thing happens and then another thing happens in ~ or as a ~, the second thing happens as a result of the first.
His death was totally unexpected and, in ~, no plans had been made for his replacement...
...people who are suffering and dying as a ~ of cigarette smoking...
PHRASE: PHR with cl/group
3.
Something or someone of ~ is important or valuable. If something or someone is of no ~, or of little ~, they are not important or valuable. (FORMAL)
As an overseer, he suddenly found himself a person of ~...
Where he is from is of no ~ to me.
= importance
PHRASE: oft with brd-neg, n PHR, v-link PHR
4.
If you tell someone that they must take the ~s or face the ~s, you warn them that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do not stop behaving in a particular way.
These pilots must now face the ~s of their actions and be brought to trial...
If climate changes continue, we will suffer the ~s.
PHRASE: V inflects