Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flow-on effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: flow-on -ef-fect
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.

Example Sentences

"Participants in public worship do develop a little more sympathy than do those who never darken the door of a church, but the effect is small (standardised regression coefficient of .06), and so there is no measurable flow-on effect onto payment ideals."
"Not that the poet must have read assiduously back through the ages (though it will be none the worse for him if he has); but rather that there is a flow-on effect —a kind of apostolic succession."
"When each of the doughnut strengths are connected in some way there is an inevitable flow-on effect. A flow-on effect is where other factors of the doughnut are also strengthened or enhanced in some way."

Inflected Forms

flow-on effects (plural) flow on effect (alternative)

Questions

What does flow-on effect mean?: The indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.

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