"afterword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: afterwords [plural]
Etymology: From after- + word. Compare foreword. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|after|word}} after- + word, {{m|en|foreword}} foreword Head templates: {{en-noun}} afterword (plural afterwords)
  1. an epilogue. Synonyms (epilogue): aftertale Translations (epilogue): послесло́в (posleslóv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 後記 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), turuki (Maori), turukitanga (Maori), etterord (Norwegian), 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)
    Sense id: en-afterword-en-noun-Lu7wnkDf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with after- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 21 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with after-: 44 44 12 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-: 44 44 12 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-: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of 'annex': 21 21 59
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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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "epilogue",
      "word": "epilog"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "afterword"
  ],
  "word": "afterword"
}

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