afterword
noun
a concluding section, commentary, etc., as of a book, treatise, or the like; closing statement.
afterwords
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pluralof afterword.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Forewords, prefaces and afterwords rank squarely among literature’s stepchildren — above marginalia and non-David Foster Wallace footnotes perhaps but below prologues and postscripts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
Holocaust novels—for adults as well as for young readers—tend to include extensive afterwords detailing the stories on which they are based and the ways, if any, in which they deviate from their sources.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018
Try massage therapy afterwords, but having that highly valuable degree is always something to fall back on.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2017
I filled out an affidavit and voted, but afterwords an official said to take it up with the NY Board of Elections as "they weren't the brightest people."
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
The forewords and afterwords are evidently also from another pen.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Rasmus Björn Anderson
