ensue
Other forms: ensued; ensuing; ensues
If something happens after something else, it will ensue, meaning it will follow after or be the result. When a sneeze comes out, and he hears the "Achoo!," a "Bless you" or "Gesundheit" soon will ensue.
One way to remember the verb ensue is to rhyme it with "due." A happening that is due to happen will ensue, "Throwing a glass of ice water in his face guaranteed that a chase would ensue." Often what follows is a response to words or actions, so what will ensue is what will happen as a consequence. A struggle might ensue if a thief grabs a purse, and a discussion might ensue if two sides disagree.
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issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
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synonyms:
result
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come
happen as a result
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be due, flow from
be the result of
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fall out, follow
come as a logical consequence; follow logically
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come after, follow
come after in time, as a result
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Running away from the slave-owning Southerland Plantation, twelve-year-old Homer and his seven-year-old sister Ada head to the swamp, where they find some unexpected help.
When eleven-year-old Tokunbo Marshall moves with her mother into a Harlem brownstone, she must adjust to an extended family that includes three new sisters who see everything in life as a possible project in their self-designed education.
Here are links to our lists for the novel: Prologue–Chapter 3, Chapters 4–6, Chapters 7–10, Chapters 11–15, Chapters 16–22
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