Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. At a later time; subsequently.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In later or subsequent time; subsequently.
Wiktionary
- adv. US subsequently to some other action
WordNet 3.0
- adv. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Etymologies
- after + -ward (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As before, he didn’t say a word afterward regarding the incident, but it shook me.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family
“What happens afterward is a testament to the power of a woman's love and determination, and to the invisible line of hope and healing that connects one human being with another.”
“Separating the emotion during the see-saw extra-inning game and the euphoria afterward from the next task at hand was as much a challenge for the Twins as fatigue.”
“One feature of the iPad left unmentioned in the on-stage presentation but confirmed by Apple officials during the demo sessions afterward is that the iPad works not only with the $70 Apple keyboard dock but with Bluetooth keyboards as well.”
“Varsky returns to Santiago, and not long afterward is kidnapped by Pinochet's secret police and never heard from again.”
The Huffington Post: Nicole Krauss: Nicole Krauss On Writing 'Great House'
“We can either do something now, or come in afterward when there is a terrible mess to clean up.”
The Washington Post: George Clooney yells 'fire!' about Sudan
“The only thing he doesn't mention is that when the Repubs have satisfied themselves, the Dems jump right in afterward for sloppy seconds ....”
“Ignoring this, the first instinct is to naturally throw the baby in afterward without touching the water.”
"Bath Safeguard" Measures the Temperature of the Water by Kai Chen » Yanko Design
“Her handler, Jack, came in afterward, his prominent jaw working overtime on his ever-present piece of gum.”
“Now I don't think the Bush tax cuts are the cause of our current economic problems (the misdevelopment of our financial system, which began long before 2001 although it took its wildest form afterward, is the main culprit).”
The Curious Capitalist on Bush’s Curious Pronouncement - Swampland - TIME.com
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘afterward’.
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
Laban, circumcise, beget, Esau, Rebekah, speckle, Sodom, Pharaoh, Canaanite, Canaan, Jacob, Lot and 1286 more...
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kingofbash's Words
bash, poleaxed, salacious, libertine, charlatan, aplomb, fortuitous, finagle, apoplectic, debutante, carte blanche, aardvark and 472 more...
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hard to sense
somewhat, somewhere, elsewhere, whereby, likewise, spite, ever, along, otherwise, whatever, whichever, hitherto and 116 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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mad the wordie
words that I like
sparsile, inchoate, asparagus, dendrochronology, primifluous, psalloid, cetacean, roots, birches, spires, mythopeia, intricate and 167 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for afterward.
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