ensue
About 1.35 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- verb To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
- verb To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.
Similar words
result occur generate emerge produce accrue follow arise enjoy place
Often followed by
from if in when to and upon as between
Word family
ensued ensues ensuing
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