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Meaning of snowball effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger.

idiomatic

Equivalents

العربية تأثير كرة الثلج
Deutsch Schneeballeffekt
Suomi lumipalloefekti lumipalloilmiö
Français effet boule de neige
ქართული თოვლის გუნდის ეფექტი
Nederlands sneeuwbaleffect
Português efeito bola de neve
Русский эффе́кт сне́жного ко́ма
Svenska snöbollseffekt
Türkçe kar topu etkisi

Examples

“The success of these women has had the snowball effect of bringing more and more women into the sport over the past few years.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

snowball fight snowball hammer snowball in hell snowball marches snowball opacity snowball prime

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