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af·ter·ward  (ftr-wrd) also af·ter·wards (-wrdz)
adv.
At a later time; subsequently.

afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz], afterward
adv
after an earlier event or time; subsequently
[Old English æfterweard, æfteweard, from aft + ward]
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Adv.1.afterwards - 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"

afterwards afterward
adverb later, after, then, after that, subsequently, thereafter, following that, at a later date or time Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects.
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afterwards [ˈɑːftərrdz] advaprès
soon afterwards, not long afterwards → peu de temps après
She left not long afterwards → Elle est partie peu de temps après.

afterwards
advnachher; (= after that, after some event etc)danach; and afterwards we could go to a discound anschließend or nachher or danach gehen wir in eine Disko; can I have mine now? — no, afterwardskann ich meins jetzt haben? — nein, nachher; this was added afterwardsdas kam nachträglich dazu

afterwards [ˈɑːftəwədz] advdopo, più tardi, in seguito
soon afterwards → poco dopo

afterwards بَعْد ذلك potom derefter nachher κατόπιν después jälkeenpäin après poslije successivamente 後で 나중에 naderhand etterpå potem posteriormente впоследствии efteråt หลังจากนั้น sonra sau đó 然后


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Eliot, in company with three others, whose names are not mentioned, having implored the divine blessing on the undertaking, made his first visit to the Indians on the 28th of October, 1646 at a place afterwards called Nonantum; a spot that has the honor of being the first on which a civilized and Christian settlement of Indians was effected within the English colonies of North America.
Three or four days afterwards a solitary Indian, believed to be the same, was observed crossing a valley, and pursued; but he darted away into the fastnesses of the mountains, and was seen no more.
One old woman with a little boy, four or five years old, ran into a boat, but there was nobody to row it out: the boat was consequently dashed against an anchor and cut in twain; the old woman was drowned, but the child was picked up some hours afterwards clinging to the wreck.
 
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