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AFTERWARDS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Example:
two hours after that
Synonyms:
after; afterward; afterwards; later; later on; subsequently
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Context examples:
They know our infantine dispositions, which, however they may be afterwards modified, are never eradicated; and they can judge of our actions with more certain conclusions as to the integrity of our motives.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Men were demolishing something with axes on the beach near the stockade—the poor jolly-boat, I afterwards discovered.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I should be glad to be able to say afterwards that I had solved it without your help.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A week afterwards Dr. Lanyon took to his bed, and in something less than a fortnight he was dead.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
General anesthesia: affects your whole body. You go to sleep and feel nothing. You have no memory of the procedure afterwards.
(Anesthesia, NIH)
In the latter group of animals, the ripples in the hippocampus and cortex were no more synchronized before exploring the maze than afterwards.
(Study shows how memories ripple through the brain, National Institutes of Health)
For example, the size of a tumor will be measured before treatment (baseline) and then afterwards to see if the treatment had an effect.
(Baseline, NCI Dictionary)
The mere fact that solid men should patronize it was enough in itself to prevent the villainy which afterwards crept in.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There were twenty who loosed shafts at him, and when the man was afterwards slain it was found that he had taken eighteen through his forearm.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Unexpectedly, the researchers found that, while the fat accumulation decreases after returning to a healthy diet, some residual fat remains in certain liver cells long afterwards.
(High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Causes Lasting Harmful Effects on Liver, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
