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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 as a preposition and conjunction. After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. …. 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.
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.
Afterwards is an adverb. If something happens afterwards, it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. You often use afterwards in expressions like not long afterwards, soon afterwards, and shortly afterwards.
/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.
Afterwards definition: after an earlier event or time; subsequently. See examples of AFTERWARDS used in a sentence.
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.
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.
Afterward definition: at a later or subsequent time; subsequently. . See examples of AFTERWARD used in a sentence.
5 days ago · happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. synonyms: after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently.
