afterward - definition of afterward - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from Free Dictionary

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happening at a time subsequent to a reference time“he apologized subsequently”“he's going to the store but he'll be back here later”“it didn't happen until afterward”“two hours after that”Synonyms: subsequently later afterwards after later onFrom later

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Aft′er·wards (…), Aft′er·ward (…) adverb

Origin: AS. æfteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending.

At a later or succeeding time.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54