Afterwards

Definition: Afterwards

Afterwards

Adverb

1. 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".

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Date "afterwards" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Afterwards

Posteriority

Adverb: subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later; at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date; next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons; from that time, from that moment; after a while, after a time; in process of time.

Crosswords: Afterwards

Afterwards, I was aware of the rules (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

And then afterwards, we can let Monsieur Zidler know how we would prefer the story to end. (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

No! Just casual dinner If we happen to have sex afterwards so be it (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

And I always get a big tip. But afterwards, uh oh, they crab, crab, crab (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

Maybe get drunk afterwards. (Operation Daybreak; writing credit: Alan Burgess; Ronald Harwood)

Afterwards (1928)

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Books

• 911: After Words; Afterwards (reference)

• Abortion & Afterwards (reference)

• Afterwards (reference)

• Afterwards, You're a Genius: Faith, Medicine, and the Metaphysics of Healing (reference)

• An Involuntary Genius in America's Shoes: (And What Happened Afterwards) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Steam whaling-bark Mary & Helen, of New Bedford, Massachusetts Afterwards the Rodgers of the Jeanette search expedition Drawing by C. S. Raleigh. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Figure 48. Pettersson universal sampling apparatus devised by the Swedish Professor Otto Pettersson. This instrument would sample plankton, measure the temperature of the water, measure the strength and direction of the current, and sample the water. It was first used in the Skagerrak between 30 and 200 meters depth in January 1904 and afterwards in the Baltic Sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 5. P. Regnard's combination photometer and photometric recording device. Invented by Paul Regnard in 1888 for measuring the intensity and duration of lig light with increasing depth. It was used by Prince Albert aboard a steam tug off Funchal at depths of 20, 30, and 40 meters. The balloon pressure device was not part of the original instrument but added afterwards. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 17. Luksch disk, made by Joseph Luksch about 1880 and used in that year aboard the HERTA, the yacht of Prince John II of Liechstenstein. It was provided with five interchangeable 36-cm reflecting plates of different metals, some painted. Afterwards, Luksch used polished white iron disks and white painted disks of 45 cm diameter on the POLA. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 8. Plan of the original model of the WP3 trawling net as recommended by working group Number 3 of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research in 1966. This net was meant to capture large plankton. It was afterwards tested by several laboratories and found to have many shortcomings such as inefficienci es in capturing fish larvae and in the opening of its mouth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 25. Schmidt thermometer. These were of the Richter design. The firm of of Schmidt and Vossberg was founded in 1912 and fabricated these instruments upon its debut. Afterwards the company became named solely "Franz Schmidt" and all thermometers of either name are generally grouped under the name Schmidt. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Off Nagasaki, Japan, at about the time of her commissioning (which took place on 20 September 1927). Taken from a foreign warship, this photograph was provided to the U.S. Naval Attache in Tokyo soon afterwards. It was subsequently forwarded to the Office of Naval Intelligence. Credit: NAVY.

Experimental coaling at sea while under way in April 1914. Rigging between the two ships was used to transfer two 800-pound bags of coal at a time. The bags were landed on a platform in front of the battleship's forward 12-inch gun turret, and then carried to the bunkers. Original photo is printed on a postal card, inscribed on the reverse: "This is a picture of us coaling at sea last April. I have put a cross over where I stood. I unhooked bags of coal when they came over. It is raining when this picture was taken. We were out of sight of land off coast of Virginia." The donor, a seaman in South Carolina at the time, comments: "it showed that this was possible but a very slow method of refueling. Nothing was heard of the test afterwards.". Credit: NAVY.

Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their children, afterwards Charles II and James II. Credit: Library of Congress.

Couchs hd.quarters and afterwards center of our line of battle. Credit: Library of Congress.

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If the legislative, or any part of it, be made up of representatives chosen for that time by the people, which afterwards return into the ordinary state of subjects, and have no share in the legislature but upon a new choice, this power of chusing must also be exercised by the people, either at certain appointed seasons, or else when they are summoned to it; and in this latter case ' the power of convoking the legislative is ordinarily placed in the executive, and has one of these two limitations in respect of time: that either the original constitution requires their assembling and acting at certain intervals, and then the executive power does nothing but ministerially issue directions for their electing and assembling, according to due forms; or else it is left to his prudence to call them by new elections, when the occasions or exigencies of the public require the amendment of old, or making of new laws, or the redress or prevention of any inconveniencies, that lie on, or threaten the people. (Second Treatise of Government)

Hamilton, of New York,) expressing their unanimous conviction that it might essentially tend to advance the interests of the Union if the States by which they were respectively delegated would concur, and use their endeavors to procure the concurrence of the other States, in the appointment of commissioners to meet at Philadelphia on the Second Monday of May following, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when agreed to by them and afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State, would effectually provide for the same. (reference)

An oppressed class under the sway of the feudal nobility, an armed and self-governing association in the mediaeval commune; here independent urban republic (as in Italy and Germany), there taxable "third estate" of the monarchy (as in France), afterwards, in the period of manufacture proper, serving either the semi-feudal or the absolute monarchy as a counterpoise against the nobility, and, in fact, corner-stone of the great monarchies in general, the bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of Modern Industry and of the world-market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. (reference)

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Their conversation was soon afterwards closed by the entrance of her father

Love may come afterwards.

What he really did whisper, the minister could never afterwards recollect

A moment afterwards he blew out his light

But you must be quite sure, Stephen, that you have a vocation because it would be terrible if you found afterwards that you had none

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Come, let us sup betimes, that afterwards We may digest our complots in some form

The Hurgo (for so they call a great lord, as I afterwards learned) understood me very well

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Health

Wash your hands afterwards. (references)

If you do eat them, brush immediately afterwards. (references)

You will feel better afterwards when the air leaves your colon. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kyrgyz Republic

In the span of 3 weeks, the local NGO community organized open meetings throughout the country to rally opposition to the proposed amendments, held a press conference and sent a letter to the President urging him to "take measures" against it. Soon afterwards the Presidential Administration retracted the proposed amendment. (references)

Economic History

Swaziland

He was enthroned as Mswati III on April 25, 1986. Shortly afterwards he abolished the Liqoqo. (references)

Hong Kong

There is no discrimination against foreign investors either at the time of initial investment or afterwards. (references)

Human Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The housing department head resigned shortly afterwards. (references)

Belarus

Alkayev also confirmed the issue of a pistol to MVD Minister Sivakov on the days preceding the disappearances and its return afterwards. (references)

South Africa

On July 10, the Pretoria High Court ordered the squatters to vacate the land within 48 hours; evictions started shortly afterwards, and most occurred peacefully. (references)

Minorities

Greece

The Ministry of Interior, NGO's, and the Ombudsman intervened with the Mayor afterwards, arguing that demolition required a judicial decision. (references)

Russia

Afterwards Alexander Axelrod, the Director of the ADL Moscow office, stated, "...[C]emetery desecrations remain one of the most common types of anti-Semitic attacks in Russia." Several other Jewish cemeteries, including those in Nizhniy Novgorod and Samara, also were vandalized during the year. (references)

Political Rights

Togo

The elections proceeded and virtually the only candidates to run were those from the RPT. In February 1999, the Council of Ministers passed a decree requiring security forces to vote 3 days before the general population, and some 15,000 military, gendarmes, police, customs officials, and firemen voted on March 18, 1999. Opposition party members of the National Electoral Commission stated that the special voting procedures for security forces violated the Electoral Code because they occurred before the end of campaigning, and that the vote count occurred 72 hours after the vote instead of immediately afterwards. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Regulations pertaining to foreign companies and representative offices bringing in demonstration and exhibition samples are governed by the "Temporary Clause on the Regime for the Temporary Import of Goods, Property, and Transportation Means," issued by the State Customs Committee of Ukraine on December 30, 1991. These regulations classify imported items designated for demonstrations at exhibitions, fairs, and trade shows, as the temporary import of a foreign company's property, which is to be returned to that country afterwards. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "afterwards": till afterwards. Additional references.

Afrikaans

later (later, later on, next, subsequently), daarna (next, subsequently). (various references)

Albanian

pastaj (after, next, subsequently, then). (various references)

Arabic 

‏بعدئذ (then, thereafter). (various references)

Chinese 

繼 (then, to continue, to follow after, to go on with, to inherit, to succeed), 然後 (after, after that, then), 底下 (the location below sth), 此後 (after this, hereafter), 之后 (Afterward), 後來 (later), 後 (after, back, behind, later, rear, sit cross-legged, walk back and forth), 已 (already, then, to stop), 以後 (after, following, in the future, later, later on). (various references)

Czech

pozdìji (after, hereafter, later). (various references)

Danish

derefter (next, subsequently). (various references)

Dutch

naderhand (next, subsequently), dan (next, subsequently, than, then), daarna (next, subsequently), achteraf (afar, far, far away, next, out of the way, remotely, subsequently). (various references)

Esperanto

poste (next, subsequently). (various references)

Faeroese

seinni (next, subsequently), síðan (next, subsequently). (various references)

Farsi 

پس ازان (Away, Next, Thence, Thereafter, Thereupon), سپس (Next, Then, Thenceforth, Therefore), بعدازان (Thereafter), بعدا. (various references)

Finnish

sitten (after that, next, subsequently, then). (various references)

French

ensuite (after, afterward), puis, après (after, afterward). (various references)

Frisian

efteroan (next, subsequently), efternei (at last, finally, next, subsequently, ultimately). (various references)

German

nachher (afterward, hereafter, later, next, subsequently), später (afterward, at a later hour, at a later time, by and by, future, hind, hindmost, later, later on, latish, next, posterior, subsequent, subsequently, thereafter, thereinafter), hinterher (after, afterward, behind, next, subsequently), hernach (afterward, hereafter, next, subsequently). (various references)

Greek 

κατόπιν (after, subsequently, thence), έπειτα (after, afterward, next, then, thereafter, thereupon), μετά (after, afterward, next, past, then, with), εκ των υστέρων (after the event, in retrospect). (various references)

Hawaiian

pastaj (next, subsequently). (various references)

Hebrew 

אחר כך (later, subsequently, then, thereafter). (various references)

Hungarian

azután (after, in the next place, item, later, next, subsequently, then, thereafter). (various references)

Indonesian

lantas (then), lalu (last, pass, past, then), kemudian (after, then). (various references)

Italian

dopo (after, after that, behind, beyond, later, later on, next, past, since, subsequently, then, thereafter), in seguito (after, as a result, beyond, hereafter, next, then, thereafter), dietro (aback, after, at the back, back, behind, next, rear, round the corner, subsequently). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

後で, 後 (in the future, since then). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おって (a pursuer, a pursuing party, by and by, later, pursuer), のちほど (eventually, later on), のち (in the future, since then), ごこく (defense of one's country, noon, the 5 grains)), あとで. (various references)

Korean 

나중에 (Afterward). (various references)

Manx

ny lurg (after her, after him, ensuing), jei (after, behind). (various references)

Norwegian

bak (after, behind, next, subsequently). (various references)

Pig Latin

afterwardsay.(various references)

Polish

potem (after, behind, next, subsequently). (various references)

Portuguese

mais tarde (afterward, later, later on), depois (after, afterward, behind, beyond, hereafter, next, subsequently, then). (various references)

Romanian

apoi (but, however, next, then, well), ulterior (after, following, further, future, posterior, subsequent, subsequently, ulterior), pe urmã (next, subsequently), mai târziu (after, in the sequel, later on, the sooner the later), dupã aceea (after, next, then). (various references)

Russian 

впоследствии (afterward, at a later time, at some later point in time, in the sequel, subsequently), потом (next, subsequently, then). (various references)

Scottish

déidh-làimh (behind, neglected, too). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zatim (addition: in addition, after, hereafter, subsequently, then), tada (then), potom (later, next, then), posle toga (hereupon, thereafter), posle (after, behind, beyond, later on, post, since), onda (next, then, time: at that time), nato (late, nato, thereunto), naknadno (afterward), docnije (afterward, later). (various references)

Spanish

después (after, afterward, behind, beyond, hereinafter, later, next, subsequently, then, thereafter), más adelante (next, subsequently), luego (anon, beyond, by and by, early, in the next place, later, later on, next, now, presently, soon, subsequently, then, thereafter, thereupon). (various references)

Swedish

efteråt (after, behind, later). (various references)

Turkish

sonra (after, afterward, behind, following, later, next, post-, sequel, subsequent to, subsequently, thereafter). (various references)

Ukrainian

згодом (after, afterward, later on, subsequently, thereafter), пізніше (after, afterward, beyond, later), потім (after, afterward, further, in the next place, next, nextly, subsequently, then). (various references)

Vietnamese 

về sau (afterward, thereafter), sau này (after, afterward, hereafter, to-be), sau đấy (afterward), rồi thì (afterward, subsequently, then). (various references)

Welsh

wedyn (after, next, subsequently, then). (various references)

Zulu

emuva (behind, next, subsequently). (various references)

egir-bi-ta. (various references)

arka. (various references)

deinde, epicinia, post, post modum, postea. (various references)

adhât, apãm , apaya, pasca, pascaêta, paskât. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Afterwards" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afterword, afterwords, aftewards, atterwards. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: afterward.

-2 letters: awarders, drafters, dwarfest, eastward, radwaste, redrafts, warfares.

-3 letters: arrased, awarder, darters, drafter, drawers, dwarfer, erratas, fraters, fretsaw, rafters, redraft, redraws, retards, rewards, seaward, starred, steward, strafed, strafer, strawed, traders, wafters, warders, warfare.

-4 letters: afeard, afters, arrest, awards, dafter, darers, darter, daters, defats, derats, dewars, drafts, drawer, drears, dwarfs, errata, faders, farads, farers.