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afterlife

American  
[af-ter-lahyf, ahf-] / ˈæf tərˌlaɪf, ˈɑf- /

noun

  1. Also called future life.  life after death.

  2. the later part of a person's life.

    the remarkably productive afterlife of Thomas Jefferson.
afterlife British  
/ ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf /

noun

  1. life after death or at a later time in a person's lifetime

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Etymology

Origin of afterlife

First recorded in 1585–95; after + life

Example Sentences

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He was, after all, the one who’d saved Clare from an afterlife of Pain, by offering him this chance to serve as Usher.

From Literature

These small objects accompanied and assisted the departed in the afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal

A fresh, operatic take on her life, and afterlife, with husband Diego Rivera is also opening this spring at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.

From The Wall Street Journal

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal

Good thing he’d kept a firm hold on his phone, because it would have followed mine into the electronic afterlife.

From Literature

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