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Definition of Afterthought
1. Noun. Thinking again about a choice previously made. "He had second thoughts about his purchase"
Generic synonyms: Change Of Mind, Flip-flop, Reversal, Turnabout, Turnaround
Derivative terms: Reconsider, Rethink
2. Noun. An addition that was not included in the original plan. "The garage was an afterthought"
Definition of Afterthought
1. n. Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
Definition of Afterthought
1. Noun. A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient. ¹
2. Noun. Something additional to the original plan or concept. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afterthought
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterthought
Literary usage of Afterthought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Concentration by Flotation by Oliver Caldwell Ralston, Thomas Arthur Rickard (1921)
"THE HORWOOD PROCESS AS APPLIED TO THE COPPER- ZINC ORE OF THE afterthought MINE
l BY AH HELLER THE ore at the afterthought mine in Shasta county, ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Herbert Dickinson, Joseph Quincy Adams, Joaquin Miller, Robert B. Honeyman (1883)
"EPIMETHEUS, OB THE POET'S afterthought. HAVE I dreamed ? or was it real, What I
saw as in a vision, When to marches hymeneal In the land of the Ideal Moved ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The contention that the patentee intended to include it in his process is evidently
an afterthought. [464] The result of the views expresed is that both the ..."
4. Modern Punctuation: Its Utilities and Conventions by George Summey (1919)
"A distinction somewhat resembling that between restrictive and non-restrictive
modifiers may be applied to preliminary, intermediate, and afterthought ..."
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