afterwards
Syllables: af·ter·wardsUK/ˈɑːftə.wədz//ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/
afterwards adverb: at a later or succeeding time; after that;.
Adverb
afterwards (not comparable)
- At a later or succeeding time; after that;
- Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner...2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport
- Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
afterwards meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
afterwards in Hindi
- at a later or succeeding time
- बाद में bād mẽ, पश्चात paścāt
afterwards in Tamil
- at a later or succeeding time
- பின்னே piṉṉē
afterwards in Marathi
- afterwards, then
- नंतर nantar
afterwards in Urdu
- at a later or succeeding time
- بعد میں bād mẽ
More languagesFewer languages
- afterwards in Bengali
- এরপর erpor, এর পর er por, এরপরে erpore, এর পরে
- afterwards in Telugu
- తరువాత taruvāta, అనంతరము anantaramu, తదనంతరము tadanantaramu, అవతల avatala
- afterwards in Malayalam
- എന്തിനെങ്കിലും ശേഷം
- afterwards in Kannada
- ಬಳಿಕ, ಮತ್ತೆ, ತರುವಾಯ, ಕೇಸ
- afterwards in Odia
- ପରେ pare
- afterwards in Sanskrit
- अनु anu
- afterwards in Nepali
- पछि pachi
- afterwards in Tagalog
- pagkatapos
- afterwards in Arabic
- أَخِير ʔaḵīr, بَعْدَ ذٰلِك baʕda ḏālik
- afterwards in Persian
- بعد ba'd, بعداً ba'dan, سپس sepas
- afterwards in Vietnamese
- sau này, sau đó, về sau
- afterwards in Myanmar
- နောက်ပြီး naukpri:
Synonyms of afterwards
Antonyms
Origin of afterwards
From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.
Words formed from afterwards
Questions about afterwards
- What does afterwards mean?
- Afterwards means at a later or succeeding time; after that;.
- What is afterwards in Hindi?
- Afterwards in Hindi is बाद में (bād mẽ), पश्चात (paścāt). See Afterwards meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is afterwards?
- Afterwards is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce afterwards?
- Afterwards is pronounced /ˈɑːftə.wədz/ (UK).
Words near afterwards in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: afterwards (page history and authors); नंतर (Marathi) (page history and authors); అనంతరము (Telugu) (page history and authors); afterwards (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afterwards (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପରେ (Odia) (page history and authors); पछि (Nepali) (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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