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afterseen

afterseen adjective: seen after the fact. Also the past participle of aftersee.

Adjective

afterseen (comparative more afterseen, superlative most afterseen)

  1. Seen after the fact.
    • But this is not a foreseen design; it is an afterseen design.1971, Harold Fisch, Hamlet and the Word: the covenant pattern in Shakespeare
    • All inventions, once achieved, are obvious after one understands the field, and such "afterseen" obviousness does not blight patentability if inventor really has something new.2001, United States, West Publishing Company, Edward Thompson Company, United States code annotated

Also used as

afterseen is also the past participle of aftersee.

Forms of afterseen

comparativemore afterseen
superlativemost afterseen

Origin of afterseen

From after- + seen.

From aftersee.

Questions about afterseen

What does afterseen mean?
Afterseen means seen after the fact.
What part of speech is afterseen?
Afterseen is an adjective.

Words near afterseen in the dictionary

  1. afterschool
  2. afterscript
  3. afterscripts
  4. aftersee
  5. afterseeing
  6. afterseen
  7. aftersees
  8. aftersensation
  9. aftersensations
  10. aftersense
  11. afterset

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