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Webster 1913 Edition

Afterward

{

Aft′er-wards

,

Aft′er-ward

, }

adv.

[AS.

æfteweard

, a., behind. See

, and

(suffix). The final s in

afterwards

is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.]

At a later or succeeding time.

Webster 1828 Edition

Afterward

'AFTERWARD

, or 'AFTERWARDS,

adv.

[See Ward.] In later or subsequent time.

Definition 2025

afterward

afterward

English

Adverb

afterward ‎(not comparable)

(US) subsequently to some other action

Derived terms

afterwardness

Translations

afterward

Bengali: এরপর ‎(erpôr), এর পর ‎(er pôr), এরপরে ‎(erpôre), এর পরে ‎(er pôre), তারপর ‎(tarpôr), তার পর ‎(tar pôr), তারপরে ‎(tarpôre), তার পরে ‎(tar pôre)
Finnish: myöhemmin (fi), perässä (fi)
French: ensuite (fr), par la suite (fr), ultérieurement (fr), après coup (fr)
Italian: dopo (it), poi (it), successivamente (it), in seguito
Japanese: それから (sore kara)

Latin: postea
Maori: muri
Portuguese: em seguida
Spanish: consecuentemente, en seguida (es)
Turkish: sonra (tr), sonrasında
Vietnamese: sau này (vi), sau đó (vi), về sau (vi)

Synonyms

(Commonwealth English) afterwards

Antonyms

beforehand

See also

afterword