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af·ter·wards

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. subsequently, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later onadverb

    happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

    "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"

Wiktionary

  1. afterwardsadverb

    At a later or succeeding time.

  2. Etymology: From æfteweard + -s#Etymology 3. Surface analysis is.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Afterwardsadverb

    alt. of Afterward

Freebase

  1. Afterwards

    Afterwards is a 2009 English-language psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos and starring Romain Duris, John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly. Based on Guillaume Musso's novel Et après..., the story tells of a workaholic lawyer who is told by a self-proclaimed visionary that he must try to prevent his imminent death. The film was shot in New York City, Montreal and various New Mexico locations over June–July 2007, and had a French release in January 2009.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Afterwards' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2396

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Afterwards' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1476

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Afterwards' in Adverbs Frequency: #178

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Afterwards in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Afterwards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Afterwards in a Sentence

  1. Richie McGinniss:

    Richie McGinniss drove down a small ramp and at that point I was alone in the back with Mr. Joseph Rosenbaum and I was just telling Joseph Rosenbaum that Richie McGinniss're going to have a beer together afterwards and it was all going to be OK.

  2. Anatole France:

    The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards; and curiosity itself can be vivid and wholesome only in proportion as the mind is contented and happy.

  3. Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan:

    People are going to look at it from both sides. Ultimately I think it sent a very strong message to show that the Czech people were up for a fight and weren't willing to be treated in that way, i think if I was in that position myself, I probably would have done the same thing. I have a strong understanding of why people see it the other way based on events afterwards. But for me, ultimately they had to do what they had to do.

  4. Jonny Kim:

    I'd say that the events that unfolded on August 2nd 2006 and days afterwards where we lost much better warriors than I, much braver and selfless, that those were much more formative in shaping what I do and will do for the rest of my life. And the actions of that day, we lost 2 really good men. I don't even know where to start. One of my good friends one of our good friends Ryan Job was hit in the face, and I learned a lot that day. Well, I think we all did.

  5. John Bercow:

    One should no more refuse to request an extension of Article 50 because of what one might regard as the noble end of departing from the EU as soon as possible, than one could excuse robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards.

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    out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
    • A. irascible
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