afterward

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚd/ UK /ˈɑːftə.wəd/ See IPA manual

Freq #14164

Meanings

1

adv
At a later time; after something has happened.

We had dinner and went for a walk afterward.

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Synonyms

1 adv · at a later time; after... afterwards subsequently

Opposites

beforehand

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English afterward, from Old English æfterweard; equivalent to after + -ward.

afterward Middle English æfterweard Old English

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