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af·ter·ward

 (ăf′tər-wərd) also af·ter·wards (-wərdz)
adv.
At a later time; subsequently.
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afterwards

(ˈɑːftəwədz) or

afterward

adv
after an earlier event or time; subsequently
[Old English æfterweard, æfteweard, from aft + ward]
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after

 – afterwards – later
1. 'after'

After is usually a preposition. If something happens after a particular time or event, it happens during the period that follows that time or event.

Vineeta came in just after midnight.
We'll hear about everything after dinner.

You can say that someone does something after doing something else.

After leaving school he worked as an accountant.
After completing and signing the form, please return it to me.

Be Careful!
Don't say that someone is 'after' a particular age. You say that they are over that age.

She was well over fifty.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'after' to say that something is at the back of something else. The word you use is behind.

I've parked behind the school.
2. 'afterwards'

Afterwards is an adverb. If something happens afterwards, it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. You often use afterwards in expressions like not long afterwards, soon afterwards, and shortly afterwards.

She died soon afterwards.
Shortly afterwards her marriage broke up.
3. 'afterward'

Afterward is also sometimes used, especially in American English.

I left soon afterward.
Not long afterward, he made a trip from L.A. to San Jose.
4. 'later'

Later is an adverb. You use later to refer to a time or situation that follows the time when you are speaking.

I'll go and see her later.

A little, much, and not much can be used with later.

A little later, the lights went out.
I learned all this much later.

You can use after, afterwards, or later following a phrase that mentions a period of time, in order to say when something happens.

I met him five years after his wife's death.
She wrote about it six years afterwards.
Ten minutes later he left the house.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.afterwards - happening at a time subsequent to a reference timeafterwards - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that"
after, afterward, later, later on, subsequently
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afterwards

afterward
adverb later, after, then, after that, subsequently, thereafter, following that, at a later date or time Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
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afterwards

adverb
At a subsequent time:
after, afterward, later, latterly, next, subsequently, ulteriorly.
Idioms: after a while, by and by, later on.
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Translations
بَعْد ذَلِكَبَعْدَئِذ، فِيمَا بَعْد
potompozději
bagefterdereftereftersidenhen
poste
jälkeenpäin
poslije
azutánkésőbbutóbbutólag
eftir á, seinna
後で
나중에
efteråt
หลังจากนั้น
sau đó

afterwards

[ˈɑːftərwərdz] adv → après
soon afterwards, not long afterwards → peu de temps après
She left not long afterwards → Elle est partie peu de temps après.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

afterwards

adv → nachher; (= after that, after some event etc) → danach; and afterwards we could go to a disco → und anschließend or nachher or danach gehen wir in eine Disko; can I have mine now? — no, afterwards → kann ich meins jetzt haben? — nein, nachher; this was added afterwards → das kam nachträglich dazu
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

afterwards

[ˈɑːftəwədz] adv → dopo, più tardi, in seguito
soon afterwards → poco dopo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

after

(ˈaːftə) preposition
1. later in time or place than. After the car came a bus.
2. following (often indicating repetition). one thing after another; night after night.
3. behind. Shut the door after you!
4. in search or pursuit of. He ran after the bus.
5. considering. After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.
6. (American. in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.
adverb
later in time or place. They arrived soon after.
conjunction
later than the time when. After she died we moved house twice.
ˈaftermath (-mӕθ) noun
the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event. The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war.
ˈafterthought noun
a later thought.
ˈafterwards adverb
later or after something else has happened or happens. He told me afterwards that he had not enjoyed the film.
after all
1. (used when giving a reason for doing something etc) taking everything into consideration. I won't invite him. After all, I don't really know him.
2. in spite of everything that has/had happened, been said etc. It turns out he went by plane after all.
be after
to be looking for something. What are you after?; The police are after him.
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afterwards

→ بَعْد ذَلِكَ potom derefter nachher κατόπιν después jälkeenpäin après poslije successivamente 後で 나중에 naderhand etterpå potem posteriormente впоследствии efteråt หลังจากนั้น sonra sau đó 然后
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afterwards

adv. después, luego, más tarde.
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