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Definitions: Afterthought |
AfterthoughtNoun1. Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase". 2. An addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "afterthought" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
19th Century Satire | A tardy sense of prudence that prompts one to try to shut his mouth about the time he has put his foot in it. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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Synonyms: AfterthoughtSynonyms: reconsideration (n), rethink (n), second thought (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Memory | Afterthought, post script, PS. |
Sequel | Aftercome, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterpiece, aftercourse, afterthought, aftergame; arriere pensee, second thoughts; outgrowth. |
Tergiversation | Noun: change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their theories are incriminated, their aim is suspected, their afterthought is dreaded, their conscience is denounced. |
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Business | In all other cases, auto insurance is an individual decision of car owners, who will shop around for a dependable company, and will look at prices as an afterthought. (references) | |
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| "Afterthought" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Afterthought" is used about 150 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 150 | 25,701 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
afterthought | 229 |
afterthought store | 16 |
afterthought accessory | 14 |
afterthought jewelry | 14 |
afterthought auto | 6 |
afterthought boutique | 3 |
afterthought decorative not simply | 3 |
afterthought jewelry store | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "afterthought"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rishqyrtim (re examination, review), mendim i mëvonshëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفكرة التلوية التى تخطر بالبال. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мисъл, която хрумва по-късно, допълнение (addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, amplification, annexe, complement, object, pendant, supplement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vzpomínka (memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nakomertje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | postveninto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réflexion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nachträgliche idee, nachsatz (apodosis, postscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταγενέστερη σκέψη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ר"ור ש י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | utógondolat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | renungan (cogitation, contemplation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aggiunta (add, addend, addenda, addends, addendum, addition, adjunct, enclosed leaf, endorsement, extra, insertion, joiningof one thing to another, junction, side-note, steel mill, suffix), ripensamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | '생각. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aasmooinaght (reflection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | afterthoughtay gând ulterior, care-ţi vine prea târziu în minte. (various references) раздумье (recollection, reflection, reflexion, second thought), запоздалая мысль. (various references) naknadna misao. (various references) reflexión (cogitation, consideration, consultation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thought), idea tardía. (various references) tillägg till ngt färdigt, förklaring i efterhand, efterklokhet (hindsight). (various references) sonradan akla gelen düşünce. (various references) виверт (amphibology, amphiboly, circumvention, elusion, evasion, expedient, put off, quirk, shift, shuffle, wangle), запізніле міркування, запізніле пояснення, запізніла думка. (various references) sự suy nghĩ sau khi h nh động, lời giải thích đến sau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "afterthought": afterthoughts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "afterthought" (pronounced a"fterthÄ't) |
| 3 | -th Ä' t | aforethought. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-h-h-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
-3 letters: rethought. | |
-4 letters: frottage, refought, retaught, tutorage. | |
-5 letters: fagoter, foregut, fraught, garotte, guttate, outhear, outrage, outrate, tartufe, thought, through, tougher. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-h-h-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: afterthoughts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 66 74 65 72 74 68 6F 75 67 68 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110101 01100111 01101000 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A f t e r t h o u g h t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0066 0074 0065 0072 0074 0068 006F 0075 0067 0068 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357286718486748187737486 |
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