IN THE WAKE OF


Meaning of IN THE WAKE OF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ phrasal ]

1. : close behind and in the same path of travel

missionaries arrived in the wake of conquistadors and soldiers — Sabine MacCormack

2. : as a result of : as a consequence of

power vacuums left in the wake of the second world war — A. M. Schlesinger b 1917

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.