AFTERTIME

Etymology

Noun

aftertime (plural aftertimes)

A later time; the future.

(music) The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.

Synonyms

• hereafter; see also the future

Antonyms

• foretime; see also the past

Usage notes

• Often used as in the aftertime.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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