aftershock

«aftershock» in Mova's school dictionary: a smaller earthquake that comes after a big earthquake in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an aftershock, aftershocks)

meaning for a pupil

1) An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that comes after a big earthquake in the same area. tree →

2) Aftershocks can also mean the effects or upsets that follow a big shocking event. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and safety lessons it explains why people stay careful after an earthquake. In news it describes after-effects of a big event. Phrases: strong aftershock, aftershocks continued.

examples

• Aftershocks shook the city for days after the earthquake. tree →
• Stay out of damaged buildings because of aftershocks. tree →
• The aftershock was smaller than the main quake. tree →
• New Zealand had many aftershocks after the Christchurch earthquake. tree →
• The aftershocks of the news were felt across the school. tree →
• Drop, cover and hold on during an aftershock too. tree →

note

Countable; one word. Safety: aftershocks can knock down buildings weakened by the main earthquake.

In the corpora

• After a big earthquake come many smaller aftershocks, sometimes for months or years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aftershock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.