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after-school

after-school is the alternative form of afterschool.

Meaning of afterschool

Adjective

afterschool (not comparable)

  1. Taking place immediately after school classes.
  2. Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
    • Usually the youngsters who participate in the Shorefront YM-YWHA-sponsored afterschool program in Brighton Beach are getting homework help or playing in the gym after classes.2007 December 24, Kari Haskell, “A Party Where Hope Eclipses Stress of the Season”, in New York Times

Phrases with after-school

Questions about after-school

What is after-school the alternative form of?
After-school is the alternative form of afterschool.

Words near after-school in the dictionary

  1. after-potentials
  2. after-reward
  3. after-rewards
  4. after-sail
  5. after-sails
  6. after-school
  7. after-school special
  8. after-school specials
  9. after-sensation
  10. after-sensations
  11. after-shaft

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Adapted from Wiktionary: after-school (page history and authors); afterschool (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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