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: at a later or succeeding time : subsequently, thereafter. found out about it long afterward. Synonyms. after. later. latterly. subsequently. thereafter. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of afterward in a Sentence. He found out about it long afterward. Afterward, she got a promotion.
After or afterwards as an adverb. We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase: …. After: typical error. When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will: ….
If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects. James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards.
There is no difference between afterward and afterwards. Neither is more correct or incorrect than the other, and both appear throughout the English-speaking world. North American writers tend to favor afterward, while English speakers from outside the U.S. and Canada tend to favor afterwards.
adverb. /ˈɑːftəwədz/. /ˈæftərwərdz/. (especially British English) ( North American English usually afterward) at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned. Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said. Let's go out now and eat afterwards. Shortly afterwards he met her again.
adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˈæf·tər·wərd / (also afterwards, us / ˈæf·tər·wərdz /) Add to word list. after the time mentioned; later: We had a swim and afterward we lay on the beach for a while.
Afterwards definition: after an earlier event or time; subsequently. See examples of AFTERWARDS used in a sentence.
