Afterward

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afterwards \Aft"er*wards\, Afterward \Aft"er*ward\, adv. [AS.
     [ae]fteweard, a., behind. See {Aft}, and {-ward} (suffix).
     The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive
     ending.]
     At a later or succeeding time.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  afterward
       adv : 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" [syn: {subsequently},
              {later}, {afterwards}, {after}, {later on}]