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afterward

adverb
AF-ter-wurd/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚd/UKAHF-tuh-wuhd/ˈɑːftə.wəd/

1 meaning of afterward

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  1. 1
    adverb
    At a later time, after something else has happened.

    We had dinner first and watched a movie afterward.

    He fell off his bike, and afterward his knee hurt for days.

    Similarlater, subsequently, after, thereafter

    Oppositebefore, beforehand, earlier, previously

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Origin

From Old English æfterweard, made from after + -ward.