afterlife

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled after-life

US /ˈæftɚlaɪf/ UK /ˈɑːftəlaɪf/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
existence believed to follow death

Many cultures imagine the afterlife as a journey across water.

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Synonyms

1 noun · existence believed to... hereafter immortality eternity beyond

Opposites

mortality

Word family

Related forms hereafter lifeafterworld

Etymology

A compound of after + life; after is from Old English æfter ('later') and life from Old English lif ('life, existence'), from Proto-Germanic *libą, related to libban ('to live').

æfter Old English līf Old English

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# afterlife

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæftɚlaɪf/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːftəlaɪf/

## Meanings
1. existence believed to follow death

## Examples
- Many cultures imagine the afterlife as a journey across water.

## Synonyms
- hereafter
- immortality
- eternity
- beyond

## Antonyms
- mortality

## Related Forms
- hereafter
- life
- afterworld

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: æfter
- Root: līf

## Etymology
A compound of after + life; after is from Old English æfter ('later') and life from Old English lif ('life, existence'), from Proto-Germanic *libą, related to libban ('to live').

## AI Etymology
Afterlife is a compound of after + life; after is from Old English æfter ('later') and life from Old English lif ('life, existence'), from Proto-Germanic *libą, related to libban ('to live'). Important recorded forms include æfter (Old English) and līf (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers existence believed to follow death. The wider family includes related words such as hereafter, life, and afterworld.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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