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    afterwards
    /ˈɑːftəwədz/

    adverb

    • 1. at a later or future time: "the offender was arrested shortly afterwards"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAFTERWARDS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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: ….

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAFTERWARD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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.

  4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishafterwards adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    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.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAFTERWARDS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If something is done or happens afterwards, it is done or happens later than a particular event or time that has already been described.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › afterwardAfterward Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    at a later or succeeding time : subsequently, thereafter… See the full definition

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › afterwardsAFTERWARDS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Afterwards definition: after an earlier event or time; subsequently. See examples of AFTERWARDS used in a sentence.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryAFTERWARD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    We agreed on a price but afterwards they wanted $10 extra. If you're a good boy at the doctor's I'll take you swimming afterwards. Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes. I vote (that) we go to the movies first and eat afterwards.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › afterwardsAfterwards - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    1 day ago · afterwards. Definitions of afterwards. adverb. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. synonyms: after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › afterwards_advafterwards, adv. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    What does the word afterwards mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word afterwards. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word afterwards? About 20 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word afterwards pronounced?

  11. www.thefreedictionary.com › afterwardsAfterwards - definition of afterwards by The Free Dictionary

    '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.