afterwards
adverb
mainlyUKuk/ˈɑːf.tə.wədz/us/ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/(USusuallyafterward)A2
after thetimementioned:
过后，以后，后来We hadtea, and afterwards wesatin thegardenfor a while.我们喝了茶，后来在花园里坐了一会儿。
Theyseparated, andsoon/shortlyafterwardsJaneleftthecountry.他们分手了，此后不久简就离开了这个国家。
Synonyms
after
later
afterwards
- afterwardsUKAfterwards I was sorry I'd been so hasty.
- afterThey met in 1962 and got married not long after.
- laterWhat are you doing later?
- later onI'll call you later on.
- at a later dateWe can add these details at a later date.
- nextNext, a balloon and stent are used to open the blocked artery.
- Weagreedon apricebut afterwards theywanted£10extra.
- If you're a goodboyat the doctor's I'll take youswimmingafterwards.
- Everyone would go into thehallforassemblyand then afterwards we'd go toourrespectiveclasses.
- Ivote(that) we go to thecinemafirst andeatafterwards.
- He said he had to go to ameetingnow, but that afterwards he'd come anddiscusstheproblem.
Before, after and already
- advance
- afore
- already
- ante
- as it isidiom
- before
- beforehand
- gone
- in advanceidiom
- in advance ofsomething/someoneidiom
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- next
- prologue
- quondam
- second-wave
- secondarily
- secondary
- shortly
- the next but oneidiom
- wake
Grammar
After,afterwards
After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’.…Afteras a preposition and conjunction
After means ‘later than’ and ‘next in time or place’.…Afterorafterwardsas an adverb
We can use after as an adverb, but afterwards is more common. When after is used, it is usually as part of an adverb phrase:…After: typical error
When after refers to future time, we use the present simple, not the future with shall or will:…