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afterthought
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB add ▪ Or maybe, she added as an afterthought , it was a boy. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The tiles looked out of place, as if they had been an afterthought . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All too often, lighting is an afterthought ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: reconsideration , second thought , rethink ] an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from after + thought .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Afterthought '' (, translit. Hayored lema'ala '') is a 2015 Israeli philosophical comedy film written and directed by Elad Keidan . It was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival . It has been nominated for Best Film ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Afterthought \Aft"er*thought`\, n. Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought. an action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; -- as, to do something ...
Usage examples of afterthought.
As an afterthought, he grabbed his ball cap and threw it on his head, taking the stairs two at a time.
Barnboard and half-portion of a barn door in the small bedroom upstairs, on the south side, was a happy afterthought, stumbled upon along the eastern seaboard on a buying trip.
He left the price of admission on the little desk to his left and as an afterthought, tossed in something for the lock.
Almost as an afterthought, she opened the safe and withdrew the only existing PLACE documentation.
Morgan--How Hyde Lost His Ranch-The Great Landslide Case--The Trial--General Buncombe in Court--A Wonderful Decision--A Serious Afterthought CHAPTER XXXV.
Revolted, Afsan yanked his arm away, but he realized, almost as an afterthought, that there had been no signs of the remains of a dewlap sack around the cut.
Almost as an afterthought, he twisted in his saddle and with a flash of gold brocade produced from the folds of his cloak a firelock pistol.
Listening to the narrative of the diamond heist, she grabbed a bottle of water, took a peach as an afterthought, then walked through the quiet, empty house and down to the gym.
As an afterthought he hit the windshield wipers, pushing juiced insects into a half-circle of limbs and carapaces.
Behind the second sphere, looking almost like it had been slapped on as an afterthought, was a full-size engine section that looked like it had come off a Kronks ore scutter, and one of the more disreputable ones at that.
When Cerwin showed up on the doorstep today, you charged directly into battle, only sending Rache to tell me about it as an afterthought.
Almost as an afterthought Reland clutched his aching head, moaning his discomfort.
Here a woman working, because there are women among the Remade, a woman become a guttered pillar, her organic parts like afterthoughts.
A gnarled and taliped and snaggy landscape where man might be seen as an afterthought.
Leo and Tepa after the gathering broke up, and as an afterthought, asked Frieda to join them.