aftertime

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aftertime

/ˈɑːf.təˌtaɪm/ UK
/ˈæftəɹˌtaɪm/ US

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From after- + time.

noun aftertimes · after-time

A later time; the future. Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood […]
The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.

Similar: hereafter · Opposite: foretime

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@misc{aftertime_2026,
  title = {aftertime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aftertime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}