wake (2) — OET

wake2

noun

1 a flotilla of rafts followed in the wake of the cruiser:

backwash, wash, slipstream, turbulence;

trail, path, track.

2 share prices tumbled in the wake of the interest-rate rise:

aftermath;

as a result of, as a consequence of, on account of, because of, owing to, after, subsequent to, following, behind;

British off the back of.

wake (2) Oxford Dictionary of English