repercussion
pronunciation
How to pronounce repercussion in British English:
UK [ˌri:pəˈkʌʃn]
How to pronounce repercussion in American English:
US [ˌripərˈkʌʃn]
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- Noun:
- a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- a movement back from an impact
Word Origin
- repercussion (n.)
- early 15c., "act of driving back," from Middle French répercussion (14c.) or directly from Latin repercusionem (nominative repercussio), from past participle stem of repercutere "to strike or beat back; shine back, reflect; echo," from re- "back" (see re-) + percutere "to strike or thrust through" (see percussion). Meaning "reverberation, echo" first recorded 1590s; the metaphoric extension is recorded from 1620s.
Example
- 1. The repercussion s are hard to prevent .
- 2. But the more important repercussion has to do with sovereign risk .
- 3. In practice , the most obvious repercussion of this difference is that on mac os x , closing the last window of an application does not exit the application itself .