afterwards
adverb /ˈɑːf.tə.wədz/
/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ (US also afterward)Definition
A2 after the time mentioned: We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while. They separated, and soon/shortly afterwards Jane left the country.Before, after and alreadyAfter and behind
(Definition of afterwards adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afore adverb, preposition, conjunction
- after- prefix
- already adverb
- ante- prefix
- as it is idiom
- following adjective 1
- following noun (NEXT)
- following preposition
- heretofore adverb
- immediate adjective
- in advance idiom
- in advance of sth/sb idiom
- in the wake of sth idiom
- later adjective (IN THE FUTURE)
- later adverb
- subsequent adjective
- successor noun
- thereafter adverb
- this determiner
- whereupon conjunction
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