aftertime

[ af-ter-tahym, ahf- ]
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noun
  1. future time.

Origin of aftertime

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; after + time

Words Nearby aftertime

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How to use aftertime in a sentence

  • Then—in the aftertime—our educational efforts will not be wasted and misdirected, as they are almost wholly to-day.

  • It was not easy to decide that doubt at the moment—and it proved to be equally difficult to throw any light on it at an aftertime.

    The New Magdalen | Wilkie Collins
  • It was his refuge in that aftertime, in which a subsiding grief often leaves a deeper sense of isolation.

  • The soul of the great epic, like the chief, Conquers in aftertime on fields unknown.

    The Lay of the Cid | R. Selden Rose
  • Fraternal initiations and their equivalents in the aftertime.

    The Thirteenth | James J. Walsh