Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/
afterthought (plural afterthoughts)
- A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
- She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did.
- Something additional to the original plan or concept.
- This whole remodeling was an afterthought; we were only going to paint and call it good.
- Russian: запоздалый
- Spanish: idea tardía
- Russian: запоздалый
- Spanish: ocurrencia tardía
afterthought (afterthoughts, present participle afterthoughting; past and past participle afterthoughted)
- (very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
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