Usually means: Following in time or place.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word afterward:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. afterward: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. afterward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. afterward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. afterward: Collins English Dictionary
  5. afterward: Vocabulary.com
  6. Afterward, afterward: Wordnik
  7. afterward: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. afterward: Wiktionary
  9. afterward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. afterward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. afterward: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. afterward: Dictionary.com
  13. afterward: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. afterward: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Afterward: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Afterward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. afterward: Rhymezone
  18. Afterward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. afterward: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. afterward: Free Dictionary
  21. afterward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. afterward: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. afterward: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. afterward: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. afterward: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. afterward: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  (US) Alternative form of afterwards [(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.]

Similar:
after, later, later on, subsequently, beforehand, afterword, before, shortly, thereafter, then, more...

Opposite:
before, previously, earlier, formerly, beforehand

Phrases:
come afterward, come afterward as a result, taking place afterward or as a result, happen afterward, soon afterward, more...


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Similar:
after, later, later on, subsequently, beforehand, afterword, before, shortly, thereafter, then, more...

Opposite:
before, previously, earlier, formerly, beforehand

Phrases:
come afterward, come afterward as a result, taking place afterward or as a result, happen afterward, soon afterward, more...



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