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Uncommonrepercussions
The correct spelling is repercussions.
How to pronounce repercussions
noun
Say it like: Rep-erc-usz-hon-s
The correct spelling is repercussions. A consequence or ensuing result of some action. For example: "You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions."
Usage Examples
“You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.”
“the repercussion of sound”
Definition
noun
- 1.A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
- 2.The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
- 3.Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
- 4.The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
- 5.In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
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