afterward
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1.1
- adverb
- /ˈæftərwərd/
- US
:
después
- We'll deal with that afterwards, all right?
- shortly afterward
- soon afterward
- long afterward
It didn't do well and afterwards I felt eviscerated.
- It didn't do well and afterwards I felt eviscerated.
- And then what happened afterwards was just horrendous.
- And then we went out for dinner afterwards and it was awkward.
- And then afterwards I had to have a surgery.
- And he, he died not that long afterwards.
- And I don't know, it just resonated with me afterwards.
- She worked her way through university and afterwards.
- Second stage and afterwards comes the wish for protection.
- All three of us were told afterwards we had Stockholm quite badly.
- Well, Caesar's friends afterwards said why did the great man not know?
- And then and then afterwards it just like went away.
- So I want to have like something for afterwards so.
- And afterwards they was planning to go to Oxford St.
- And then the seasons are like high school afterwards a business.
- And afterwards, we're all sitting in the dining room.
Examples
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And afterward she said, "If you're so smart, why are you still in the second grade?"
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Talking with some of the group participants afterward, my own reaction was confirmed.
Academic text (1999) -
I never felt like going but afterward, I was glad I did.
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You can come back afterward, darling.
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But Tom kept writing short stories and soon afterward published a collection.
Academic text (2011) -
Joy was minimal, but afterward there was a certain sense of achievement.
Fiction book (1990) -
Afterward, she cried and thanked me for bringing life back into their home.
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Bo Young can start by describing the dish and then eat it afterward.
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Each evaluative observation began 10 minutes before the actual class and ended 10 minutes afterward.
Academic text (2008) -
I never felt like going but afterward, I was glad I did.
Synonyms
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1.0
To show a result after something happens
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1.0
At a time after now or after a time already said
113
4.8
After something else happens
88
4.1
From that time on
At a time after now or after a time already said
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
afterward = (transparent) = after + ward
The adverb is formed from 'after' + the directional/time suffix '-ward', yielding the straightforward meaning 'at a later time'. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Afterward comes from the two parts after and -ward, where after means 'later' and -ward means 'toward', as in forward or backward. So afterward simply means 'at a later time'.