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[ af-ter-thawt, ahf- ] / ˈæf tərˌθɔt, ˈɑf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR afterthought ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna later or second thought; reconsideration. reflection after an act; an appropriate explanation, answer, expedient, or the like, conceived of too late for the occasion. something added, as a part or feature, that was not included in the original plan or design: The vestry was added to the church as an afterthought. Origin of afterthoughtFirst recorded in 1655–65; after + thought1 Words nearby afterthoughtaftersound, aftersun, aftertaste, aftertax, after the fact, afterthought, aftertime, aftertreatment, afterward, afterwards, afterword Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for afterthoughtGet the cognitive architecture right, and you can plug in the algorithms almost as an afterthought. Artificial general intelligence: Are we close, and does it even make sense to try?|Will Heaven|October 15, 2020|MIT Technology Review To meet it, he advises companies to create their products and campaigns with diverse consumers in mind from the start, not as an afterthought. Diversity ‘is a commercial imperative now’: Brand Advance CEO Chris Kenna|Pierre Bienaimé|October 13, 2020|Digiday Gone are the days of big-budget mass gatherings at which closing deals is a priority and delighting attendees is an afterthought. B2B events were broken before the pandemic, their online reinvention is creating positive change|Hubspot|September 20, 2020|Digiday Students—both victims and the accused—are not even an afterthought; they are completely left out of the guidelines. Colleges Lawyer Up Before Claire McCaskill Rape Inquiry|Emily Shire|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Upward mobility and reward for work seems to be an afterthought for all concerned. Obama Misfires in the War on Poverty|Lloyd Green|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the American sommelier community, until very recently, South African wines have remained largely an afterthought. Drink Like Nelson Mandela: South Africa’s Exciting New Wine|Jordan Salcito|December 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Now, this repeal was not an afterthought or an unintended consequence. Health Care Now, Health Care Then|Michael Tomasky|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Almost as an afterthought he flashed me another knowing grin, but again his eyes told me to let sleeping dogs lie. The Myths of Matthew Shepard’s Infamous Death|Stephen Jimenez|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Here a name had been painstakingly obliterated, as if by afterthought, the very paper being gouged through with ink. "Guess Bill knew something—he generally does," as an afterthought. The Story of the Foss River Ranch|Ridgwell Cullum I contrived to feast somewhat less simply on bacon and eggs, through an afterthought inspiration. Turner|William Cosmo Monkhouse Yet, as a kind of afterthought, completing the review of his life, the detail is natural. Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job|Robert Watson San Gimignanos Palazzo del Commune dates from 1298, but its tower was an afterthought, built a century later. Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car|Francis Miltoun
British Dictionary definitions for afterthought
nouna comment, reply, etc, that occurs to one after the opportunity to deliver it has passed an addition to something already completed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to afterthoughtreview, reconsideration, second thought |