afterlife
/ˈæftɚˌlaɪf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.36 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.
noun
The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.
noun
The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of something, especially a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Many religious people believe in an afterlife."
- "Read in euery Starre, and let the Moone be your Candle to doe it, the prouident disposition of God, the eternitie of your after-life."
- "1715, Alexander Pope, The Temple of Fame, London: Bernard Lintott, Note to p. 16, ver. 5, Those heroick Barbarians accounted it a Dishonour to die in their Beds, and rush’d on to certain Death in the Prospect of an After-Life […]"
- "1891, Ambrose Bierce, “A Watcher by the Dead” in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, San Francisco: E.L.G. Steele, p. 175, I, who have not a shade of superstition in my nature—I, who have no belief in immortality—I, who know […] that the after-life is the dream of a desire"
- "Each person took this paper money and dropped it into a huge tin drum which held within it a fierce fire, a bonfire of heavenly money for Tiger’s afterlife."
- "You'll reunite later, somewhere in the afterlife."
Etymology
From after- + life.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: after
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæftɚˌlaɪf/
- British English: /ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf/