afterwards
advUK /ˈɑːftə.wədz/ · US /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
Etymology From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.
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Temporal location, Time At a later or succeeding time; after that;
- Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
- Synonyms
- afterhand, afterward
- Antonyms
- beforehand
- Derived terms
- afterwardsness, better one word in time than two afterwards
- Related terms
- after