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after a while

af·ter a while
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [af-ter, ahf- ey hwahyl, wahyl]
    • /ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- eɪ ʰwaɪl, waɪl/
    • /ˈɑːftə(r) ə waɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [af-ter, ahf- ey hwahyl, wahyl]
    • /ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- eɪ ʰwaɪl, waɪl/

Definition of after a while words

  • adverb after a while some time later 1
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Parts of speech for After a while

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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after a while popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for after a while

adv after a while

  • ultimately — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
  • already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
  • belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
  • someday — at an indefinite future time.
  • sooner or later — within a short period after this or that time, event, etc.: We shall know soon after he calls.

adj after a while

  • subsequent — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
  • coming — A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon.
  • successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
  • consecutive — Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption.
  • hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
All 74 Synonyms of after a while

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adv after a while

  • doubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
  • dubiously — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
  • never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
  • inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.

adj after a while

  • preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
  • front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
  • leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
  • first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
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