afterward

Or af·ter·wards

[af-ter-werd, ahf-]

adverb

1. at a later or subsequent time; subsequently.

Word History and Origins

Origin of afterward¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English æfterweard, alteration (with -r- of æfter after ) of æfteweard, equivalent to æfte-, æftan aft ¹ + -weard -ward

Example Sentences

The commission sued Amazon in 2023, alleging the company intentionally designed its Prime interface to sign up users without their express consent and made it far too difficult to drop the service afterward.

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He ended up offering Stewart a scholarship afterward.

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“It was amazing—the whole day,” Pogacar would call it afterward.

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In the clubhouse afterward, Judge tried to shoulder the blame.

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“A star is born tonight,” Boone, New York’s manager, said on the field afterward.

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