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afterwards

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːftə.wədz/
  • General-American: /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: afterwords
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 F T ER0 W ER0 D Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

At a later or succeeding time; after that;

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: temporal-location, time

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he apologized subsequently
  • he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
  • it didn't happen until afterward
  • two hours after that

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: subsequently, later, afterward, after, later on

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.

Across languages

Translations

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pastaj — at a later or succeeding time
  • Arabic: أَخِير (ʔaḵīr) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Arabic: بَعْدَ ذٰلِك (baʕda ḏālik) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Arabic: من بعد (min baʕd) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Armenian: հետո (heto) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Aromanian: apoi — at a later or succeeding time
  • Belarusian: пазне́й (paznjéj) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Belarusian: по́тым (pótym) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Belarusian: заты́м (zatým) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Belarusian: пасля́ (pasljá) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: এরপর (erpor) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: এর পর (er por) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: এরপরে (erpore) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: এর পরে — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: তারপর (tarpor) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: তার পর (tar por) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: তারপরে (tarpore) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bengali: তার পরে — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bislama: bihaen — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bulgarian: след това — at a later or succeeding time
  • Bulgarian: впоследствие (vposledstvie) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Burmese: နောက်ပြီး (naukpri:) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пузднїйше (puzdnjijše) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Carpathian Rusyn: майпотум (majpotum) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Carpathian Rusyn: пак (pak) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Carpathian Rusyn: потум (potum) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Carpathian Rusyn: потому (potomu) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Catalan: després — at a later or succeeding time
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎶᏐᏅ (ulosonv) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 然後 /然后 (jin4 hau6) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 然之後 /然之后 (jin4 zi1 hau6) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 然後 /然后 (ránhòu) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Czech: později — at a later or succeeding time
  • Czech: poté — at a later or succeeding time
  • Danish: bagefter — at a later or succeeding time
  • Danish: senere — at a later or succeeding time
  • Dutch: nadien — at a later or succeeding time
  • Dutch: achteraf — at a later or succeeding time
  • Esperanto: poste — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: jälkeenpäin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: jälkikäteen — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: perästäpäin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: sittemmin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: myöhemmin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Finnish: perässä — at a later or succeeding time
  • French: après — at a later or succeeding time
  • French: ultérieurement — at a later or succeeding time
  • French: ensuite — at a later or succeeding time
  • French: après coup — at a later or succeeding time
  • French: par la suite — at a later or succeeding time
  • Georgian: შემდეგ (šemdeg) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Georgian: შემდგომ (šemdgom) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Georgian: შემდეგში (šemdegši) — at a later or succeeding time
  • German: später — at a later or succeeding time
  • German: nachher — at a later or succeeding time
  • German: danach — at a later or succeeding time
  • German: hinterher — at a later or succeeding time
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Greek: ύστερα (ýstera) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Greek: κατόπιν (katópin) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Greek: μετά (metá) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ancient Greek: ὑστέρως (hustérōs) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ancient Greek: εἶτα (eîta) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hebrew: אחר־כך (akhar-kakh) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hindi: बाद में (bād mẽ) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hindi: पश्चात (paścāt) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hittite: 𒀀𒀊𒉺 (a-ap-pa) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hungarian: azután — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hungarian: később — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hungarian: utóbb — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hungarian: utólag — at a later or succeeding time
  • Hungarian: utána — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ido: pose — at a later or succeeding time
  • Interlingua: pois — at a later or succeeding time
  • Irish: ina dhiaidh sin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Italian: dopo — at a later or succeeding time
  • Italian: poi — at a later or succeeding time
  • Italian: successivamente — at a later or succeeding time
  • Italian: in seguito — at a later or succeeding time
  • Italian: dopodiché — at a later or succeeding time
  • Japanese: その後 (sonogo) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Japanese: それから (sorekara) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Japanese: 後で (atode) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Central Kurdish: لە دواییا (le dwayya) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Central Kurdish: پاشان (paşan) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latin: posteā — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latin: mox — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latin: hinc — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latin: tunc — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latvian: pēc tam — at a later or succeeding time
  • Latvian: vēlāk — at a later or succeeding time
  • Māori: muri — at a later or succeeding time
  • Māori: nō muri — at a later or succeeding time
  • Middle English: afterward — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian: i etterkant — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian: derpå — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: etter — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: etterpå — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: senere — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deretter — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i ettertid — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: etter — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: etterpå — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deretter — at a later or succeeding time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: i ettertid — at a later or succeeding time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: познєйше (poznjejše) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: вец (vec) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: после (posle) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: потим (potim) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Persian: بعد (ba'd) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Persian: بعداً (ba'dan) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Persian: سپس (sepas) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Plautdietsch: hinjahäa — at a later or succeeding time
  • Polish: później — at a later or succeeding time
  • Polish: potem — at a later or succeeding time
  • Portuguese: depois — at a later or succeeding time
  • Portuguese: mais tarde — at a later or succeeding time
  • Portuguese: em seguida — at a later or succeeding time
  • Romanian: apoi — at a later or succeeding time
  • Romanian: mai târziu — at a later or succeeding time
  • Russian: по́зже (pózže) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Russian: потом (potom) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Russian: после (posle) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Russian: впосле́дствии (vposlédstvii) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Sanskrit: अनु (anu) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Scottish Gaelic: an dèidh sin — at a later or succeeding time
  • Scottish Gaelic: an dèidh làimhe — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: после — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: касније — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: послије — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: потом — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: накнадно — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: posle — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: kasnije — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: poslije — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: potom — at a later or succeeding time
  • Serbo-Croatian: naknadno — at a later or succeeding time
  • Slovak: potom — at a later or succeeding time
  • Slovene: potém — at a later or succeeding time
  • Lower Sorbian: pótom — at a later or succeeding time
  • Lower Sorbian: pón — at a later or succeeding time
  • Spanish: después — at a later or succeeding time
  • Spanish: consecuentemente — at a later or succeeding time
  • Spanish: en seguida — at a later or succeeding time
  • Swedish: efteråt — at a later or succeeding time
  • Swedish: senare — at a later or succeeding time
  • Tagalog: pagkatapos — at a later or succeeding time
  • Tamil: பின்னே (piṉṉē) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Tok Pisin: bihain — at a later or succeeding time
  • Turkish: sonradan — at a later or succeeding time
  • Turkish: daha sonra — at a later or succeeding time
  • Turkish: sonraları — at a later or succeeding time
  • Turkish: sonra — at a later or succeeding time
  • Turkish: sonrasında — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ukrainian: пізні́ше (pizníše) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ukrainian: зго́дом (zhódom) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Ukrainian: по́тім (pótim) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Urdu: بعد میں (bād mẽ) — at a later or succeeding time
  • Vietnamese: sau này — at a later or succeeding time
  • Vietnamese: sau đó — at a later or succeeding time
  • Vietnamese: về sau — at a later or succeeding time
  • Volapük: poso — at a later or succeeding time
  • Walloon: après — at a later or succeeding time
  • Walloon: paraprès — at a later or succeeding time
  • Walloon: après ça — at a later or succeeding time
  • Walloon: après çoula — at a later or succeeding time
  • Welsh: wedyn — at a later or succeeding time
  • Yiddish: דערנאָך (dernokh) — at a later or succeeding time
Real reading context

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