afterword

[ af-ter-wurd, ahf- ]

/ ˈæf tərˌwɜrd, ˈɑf- /

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noun

a concluding section, commentary, etc., as of a book, treatise, or the like; closing statement.

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Origin of afterword

First recorded in 1885–90; after + word

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH afterword

afterward, afterword

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How to use afterword in a sentence

It transformed the culture with a “sudden flood of new ideas, combined with the relative lack of statutory oversight on a whole generation of youth,” as translator Ari Larissa Heinrich explains in the afterword.
Politics and the pandemic have changed how we imagine cities|Joanne McNeil|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Tom Cruise pens the afterword of your book, about your aborted project At the Mountains of Madness.
Guillermo Del Toro on ‘Cabinet of Curiosities,’ Collaborating with Kanye West, and More|Marlow Stern|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Afterword” from Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser.
Still a Fast-Food Nation: Eric Schlosser Reflects on 10 Years Later|Eric Schlosser|March 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

This piece was adapted from a new Afterword on forgiveness, to be published in the expanded paperback edition March 3.
The Last Columbine Mystery|Dave Cullen|February 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Gay Talese's brilliant history of morality in America was re-issued this year with a new afterword by the author.
Our Favorite Books of 2009|The Daily Beast|December 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This shall be a brief afterword, for I have little else to say.
Bat Wing|Sax Rohmer
I had not thought to add anything to them by way of an afterword.
The Inside of the Cup, Complete|Winston Churchill
"Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it," is the prayer's solemn afterword; but the prayer we ask is no trifle.
Lotus Buds|Amy Carmichael

British Dictionary definitions for afterword

afterword

/ (ˈɑːftəˌwɜːd) /

noun

an epilogue or postscript in a book, etc

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