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ensue

verb

🔊/ɪnˈsjuː/

🔊/ɪnˈsuː/

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ensue	🔊/ɪnˈsjuː/ 🔊/ɪnˈsuː/
he / she / it ensues	🔊/ɪnˈsjuːz/ 🔊/ɪnˈsuːz/
past simple ensued	🔊/ɪnˈsjuːd/ 🔊/ɪnˈsuːd/
past participle ensued	🔊/ɪnˈsjuːd/ 🔊/ɪnˈsuːd/
-ing form ensuing	🔊/ɪnˈsjuːɪŋ/ 🔊/ɪnˈsuːɪŋ/

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to happen after or as a result of another event接着发生；因而产生 synonym follow
- An argument ensued.紧接着的是一场争论。🔊🔊
- The riot police swooped in and chaos ensued.防暴警察突然出击，紧接着便是一片混乱。
Topics Change, cause and effectc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Ensue is used with these nouns as the subject:
argument
battle
chaos
…
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Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as insue): from Old French ensivre, from Latin insequi, based on sequi ‘follow’.