KNOCK-ON EFFECT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secondary or incidental effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("knock-on effect" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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