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afta'

US/æftə/

afta' is the pronunciation spelling of after.

Meaning of after

Adjective

after

  1. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
    • I did verily believe in my own mind, that I couldn't fight in that way at all; but my after experience convinced me that this was all a notion.1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published 1987, page 72
  2. (nautical or aeronautical, where the frame of reference is within the craft) At or towards the stern of a ship or the rear of an aircraft.
    • The after gun is mounted aft.

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Questions about afta'

What is afta' the pronunciation spelling of?
Afta' is the pronunciation spelling of after.
How do you pronounce afta'?
Afta' is pronounced /æftə/ (US).

Words near afta' in the dictionary

  1. AFSS
  2. aft
  3. aft-
  4. aft-most
  5. afta
  6. afta'
  7. Aftab
  8. aftaba
  9. aftabas
  10. aftah
  11. aftanoon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afta' (page history and authors); after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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