adverb
afterwards
CEFR B1
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
In a sentence
Six example sentences with afterwards, each labelled with its topic.
We roast the peppers first and peel them afterwards, once the steam has loosened every blackened skin.
Cooking
The band played two encores and signed records afterwards until the venue staff started stacking the chairs.
Music
The team lifts first and stretches for ten minutes afterwards, because warm muscles lengthen far more easily.
Fitness
The team reviewed the game film afterwards, and the coach paused on every missed box-out for a full minute.
Basketball
The verdict came at noon, and afterwards the lawyers spent an hour on the courthouse steps explaining it to reporters.
Law
The screening ended at nine, and afterwards the director took questions from the audience for almost another hour.
Movies
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Found in these word lists
Found in 2 published word listsAuthoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)
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