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- Dictionaryafterwards/ˈɑːftəwədz/
adverb
- 1. at a later or future time: "the offender was arrested shortly afterwards"
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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: ….
: 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.
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.
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.
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. /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. at a later or subsequent time; subsequently. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of afterward 1. First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English æfterweard, alteration (with -r- of æfter after) of æfteweard, equivalent to æfte-, æftan aft 1 + -weard -ward. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Jul 2, 2024 · happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
'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.
