Local English word record

afterward

adverb · 1 sense

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

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Examples

  • 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

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Synonyms

subsequently, later, afterwards, after, later on

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Princeton WordNet 3.0