ensue

ensue is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.
2. intransitive verb. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
3. verb. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

   "result in tragedy"

   Synonyms: result

Synonyms

result

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ensue:

seenu, unsee

Common word forms

ensued, ensuer, ensues, ensuing

Words from these letters

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