afterword

noun

ˈaf-tər-ˌwərd How to pronounce afterword (audio)
Definition of afterwordnext
as in appendix
a part added at the end of a book or periodical the author included an afterword about developments in cancer treatment since the book was written

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Recent Examples of afterword Silver Snarling Trumpet features a foreword by John Mayer, an introduction by Dead biographer Dennis McNally, and an afterword by Brigid Meier, a longtime friend of Garcia and the band. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024 The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside, and with an afterword by Claire-Louise Bennett The Unwilling Celebrity Maurice Samuels’s Alfred Dreyfus is a biography of the very private man at the center of one of the greatest public controversies of modern times. — The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2024 There’s also a handful of the mag’s excellent regular columns and some afterwords, along with a lengthy history of the magazine itself (Robbins has never been a man of few words). — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024 This book gathers the best of these portraits, along with a foreword by Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones and an afterword by actor Alan Cumming. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for afterword

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“Afterword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterword. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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