"afterword" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːf.tə.wɜːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæf.tɚˌwɝd/ [General-American] Forms: afterwords [plural]
Etymology: From after- + word. Compare foreword. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|after|word}} after- + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} afterword (plural afterwords)
  1. an epilogue. Synonyms (epilogue): aftertale Translations (epilogue): خَاتِمَة (ḵātima) [feminine] (Arabic), паслясло́ўе (pasljaslóŭje) [neuter] (Belarusian), пасьлясло́ўе (pasʹljaslóŭje) [neuter] (Belarusian), послесло́в (posleslóv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 後記 /后记 (hòujì) (Chinese Mandarin), (bá) (Chinese Mandarin), 跋文 (báwén) (Chinese Mandarin), doslov [masculine] (Czech), efterord [neuter] (Danish), postparolo (Esperanto), jälkipuhe (Finnish), postface [feminine] (French), Nachwort [neuter] (German), epilogo [masculine] (Italian), 後書き (atogaki) (alt: あとがき) (Japanese), 跋文 (batsubun) (alt: ばつぶん) (Japanese), 발문 (balmun) (alt: 跋文) (Korean), turuki (Maori), turukitanga (Maori), etterord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), posłowie [neuter] (Polish), posfácio [masculine] (Portuguese), epilog (Romanian), postfață [feminine] (Romanian), послесло́вие (posleslóvije) [neuter] (Russian), по̏гово̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍgovōr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), efterord [neuter] (Swedish), bağlak (Turkish), son söz (Turkish), epilog (Turkish), післямо́ва (pisljamóva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-afterword-en-noun-Lu7wnkDf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with after-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with after-: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 24 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 18 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 76 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 88 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 20 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 75 18 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 20 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 79 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 80 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 78 16 6 Disambiguation of 'epilogue': 96 3 1 Disambiguation of 'epilogue': 96 3 1
  2. (of a letter) a postscript. Synonyms (postscript): afterscript
    Sense id: en-afterword-en-noun-aOf9mkrM Categories (other): English terms prefixed with after- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with after-: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of 'postscript': 3 96 1
  3. (to a book) an appendix. Synonyms (annex): appendix
    Sense id: en-afterword-en-noun-SfUBqcOH Categories (other): English terms prefixed with after- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with after-: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of 'annex': 25 25 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: afterward, afterword, conclusion, endsay [obsolete, rare], endspeech, epilogue, postamble Hypernyms: adjunct, writing Hyponyms: afterscript [rare], aftertale, postscript Holonyms: back matter Related terms: appendix, addendum, last word [idiomatic], peroration

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From after- + word. Compare foreword.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "afterwords",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "afterword (plural afterwords)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "holonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "back matter"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "adjunct"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "writing"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "afterscript"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "aftertale"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "postscript"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "appendix"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "addendum"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "last word"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "peroration"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an epilogue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "epilogue",
          "epilogue"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a postscript."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "postscript",
          "postscript"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a letter) a postscript."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a letter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an appendix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appendix",
          "appendix"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "to a book",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(to a book) an appendix."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːf.tə.wɜːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæf.tɚˌwɝd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "aftertale"
    },
    {
      "word": "afterward"
    },
    {
      "sense": "postscript",
      "word": "afterscript"
    },
    {
      "sense": "annex",
      "word": "appendix"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "afterword"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "conclusion"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "endsay"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "endspeech"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "epilogue"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:afterword",
      "word": "postamble"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵātima",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خَاتِمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasljaslóŭje",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "паслясло́ўе"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pasʹljaslóŭje",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пасьлясло́ўе"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "posleslóv",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "послесло́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòujì",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "後記 /后记"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bá",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "跋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "báwén",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "跋文"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doslov"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efterord"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "postparolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "jälkipuhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "postface"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nachwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epilogo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あとがき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "atogaki",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "後書き"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばつぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "batsubun",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "跋文"
    },
    {
      "alt": "跋文",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balmun",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "발문"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "turuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "turukitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "etterord"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "posłowie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "posfácio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "epilog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "postfață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posleslóvije",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "послесло́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по̏гово̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pȍgovōr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "efterord"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "bağlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "son söz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "epilog"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pisljamóva",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "післямо́ва"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "afterword"
  ],
  "word": "afterword"
}

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