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aftertimes

aftertimes is the plural of aftertime.

Meaning of aftertime

Noun

aftertime (plural aftertimes)

  1. (sometimes puristic) A later time; the future.
    • Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood […]1865, Lewis Carroll, chapter 12, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  2. The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.

Questions about aftertimes

What is aftertimes the plural of?
Aftertimes is the plural of aftertime.

Words near aftertimes in the dictionary

  1. afterthought
  2. afterthoughted
  3. afterthoughting
  4. afterthoughts
  5. aftertime
  6. aftertimes
  7. aftertouch
  8. aftertouches
  9. aftertreat
  10. aftertreated
  11. aftertreating

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