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- Dictionaryafterwards/ˈɑːftəwədz/
adverb
- 1. at a later or future time: "the offender was arrested shortly afterwards"
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After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After or afterwards as an adverb We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common.
If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects. James was taken to hospital but died soon afterwards.
After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’. … After or afterwards as an adverb We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common.
The meaning of AFTERWARD is at a later or succeeding time : subsequently, thereafter. How to use afterward in a sentence.
adverb. /ˈɑːftəwədz/ /ˈæftərwərdz/ (especially British English) ( North American English usually afterward) at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned. Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said. Let's go out now and eat afterwards. Shortly afterwards he met her again.
Afterwards definition: after an earlier event or time; subsequently. See examples of AFTERWARDS used in a sentence.
What does the word afterwards mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word afterwards . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
