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 president, meanwhile, continued with happy talk for at least two weeks afterward.

From Washington Post

The outcome of this year’s presidential election looks like it won’t be known for days or weeks afterward as we await the counting of mail-in ballots.

From Ozy

The HTA, it turns out, was afterward completed without Murphy’s involvement.

From Vox

What’s more, 3 percent of the people who survived their hospital stay needed more care in a nursing facility afterward.

From Science News

Orlando knows the pain of mass shootings, and discriminatory sexual orientation guidelines denied victims’ friends and families the opportunity to donate blood afterward.

From Washington Blade

For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

From The Daily Beast

Afterward, the graduates posed for pictures with their families.

From The Daily Beast

Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.

From The Daily Beast

I vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.

From The Daily Beast

Now, unsatisfied customers simply have to ask for a refund, and many do, though they are banned from RSD afterward.

From The Daily Beast

It was one of those long moments that makes a fellow draw his breath sharp when he thinks about it afterward.

From Project Gutenberg

A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.

From Project Gutenberg

Uric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.

From Project Gutenberg

In about two hours afterward the watches and chronometer recommenced going, and the compasses resumed their position.

From Project Gutenberg

Deppe gives me the most beautiful music, and never wastes time over things which will be of no use to me afterward.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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