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afterwards

  • /ˈɑːftə.wədz/ UK
  • /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ US

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From Middle English afterwardes, from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards.

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  1. not comparable At a later or succeeding time; after that; Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, a

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