{
    "term": "afterwards",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's go out now and eat afterwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Shortly afterwards** he met her again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went to dinner at a restaurant, and **soon afterwards**, he fell ill."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They decided to have another child, and Jake was born not long afterwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Steve and I remained friends for years afterwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Only afterwards did we realise how lucky we were to get away."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːftəwədz/",
                "audio": "af/afterwards/afterwards__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæftərwərdz/",
                "audio": "af/afterwards/afterwards__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English æftewearde, from æftan ‘aft’ + -wards (see -ward), influenced by after."
}