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afterword
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
afterword
(noun)
afterword
/
ˈ
æftɚˌwɚd/
Brit
/
ˈ
ɑːftə
ˈ
wəːd/
noun
plural
afterwords
afterword
/
ˈ
æftɚˌwɚd/
Brit
/
ˈ
ɑːftə
ˈ
wəːd/
noun
plural
afterwords
Britannica Dictionary definition of AFTERWORD
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:
a final section that comes after the main part of a book
The novel has a foreword by an eminent critic and an
afterword
by the author herself.
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