Afterwards

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈɑːftÉ™wÉ™dz/
• GenAm IPA: /ˈæftÉšwÉšdz/
• Hyphenation: af + ter + wards

Origin

From Old English æfteweard ("behind") + -s ("(adverbial genitive)"). Surface analysis is after + -ward + -s.

Full definition of afterwards

Adverb

1. (temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
• 2011, November 3, Chris Bevan, Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham, 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, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.

Synonyms

• afterward

Antonyms

• beforehand

Related terms

• after