afterview
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A looking back; a retrospective view or thought.
Example Sentences
- "1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, London: William Pickering, Volume 3, Translator’s Preface, The Death of Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller, pp. 252-253, A Translator stands connected with the original Author by a certain law of subordination, which makes it more decorous to point out excellencies than defects: indeed he is not likely to be a fair judge of either. The pleasure or disgust from his own labour will mingle with the feelings that arise from an afterview of the original."
- "A summary is a brief preview or afterview; it is many ideas, once over lightly. A summary of this book, for example, would present its three basic parts and list the major tools and techniques which are presented."
- "The afterview considers the outcome of my "restudy" of the papers in more detail, but two matters can be signaled early on."
- "England disappeared so quickly. Soon there was nothing but sea. […] I sat down to watch the spot where my country dissolved. It was there, etched on to my eyes like an afterview of the sun."
Etymology
From after- + view.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: after