| NOUN | phenomenon | repercussion, reverberation | a remote or indirect consequence of some action |
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| event | repercussion, recoil, rebound, backlash | a movement back from an impact |
| Sounds | riy.perkah'shahn; riy.prahkah'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A remote or indirect consequence of some action. | |
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| Example | "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions" | |
| Synonym | reverberation | |
| Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
| Spanish | consecuencia, repercusión | |
| Catalan | repercussió | |
| Verbs | repercuss | cause repercussions |
| Meaning | A movement back from an impact. | |
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| Synonyms | recoil, rebound, backlash | |
| Narrower | bounce, bouncing | rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) |
| resilience, resiliency | An occurrence of rebounding or springing back | |
| ricochet, carom | A glancing rebound | |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
| Spanish | culatazo, repercusión, retroceso | |
| Catalan | repercussió, retrocés | |
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