wake

/weɪk/ noun

Translation

in the wake of sth › after something has happened, and often because it has happened

...dan/den hemen sonra; ...ın/in hemen ardından/peşinden

Airport security was extra tight in the wake of last week's bomb attacks.1587

SHIP [C] › the waves behind a moving ship

geminin arkasında kalan dalgalar/iz/dümen suyu

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FUNERAL [C] › when people come together to remember someone who has recently died

yakın zamanda ölen birinin ardından yasını tutmak için bir araya gelme

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(Definition of wake noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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