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ensue
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
ensue
(verb)
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ensue
/ɪn
ˈ
suː/
Brit
/ɪn
ˈ
sjuː/
verb
ensues
;
ensued
;
ensuing
ensue
/ɪn
ˈ
suː/
Brit
/ɪn
ˈ
sjuː/
verb
ensues
;
ensued
;
ensuing
Learner's definition of ENSUE
[
no object
]
:
to come at a later time
:
to happen as a result
When the news broke, a long period of chaos
ensued
. [=
followed
]
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— ensuing
adjective
In the
ensuing
weeks, [=in the weeks afterward] her health gradually improved.
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