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Meanings of afterthought in English

Spanish
reconsideración

Thinking again about a choice previously made.

reconsideración
Usage of afterthought in English
1
In large areas of economic and fiscal policy, children remain an afterthought.
The Irish Times
2
Yet for too many entrepreneurs, strategy often seems to be an afterthought.
The Irish Times
3
In fact, Oscar was an afterthought; Mayer had his mind on business.
The new yorker
4
Please, Isobel,' he added, which was so obviously an afterthought she grinned.
The power of the legendary greek
5
In that case he might have taken the clothes as an afterthought.
The Boy Scout Camera Club; Or, the Confession of a Photograph
6
The choice of Paris for the historic Peace Conference was an afterthought.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
7
The bitter generalizations of this afterthought explain Sufficiently why it was excluded.
Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts
8
Then, as though it were an afterthought, he nodded to their right.
The adventures of button
9
The clouds were an afterthought, and that vase on the wall, too.
The Titan
10
We just don't want to feel like we're kind of an afterthought.
Ebony
11
Almost as an afterthought, she registered that the lamb had stopped breathing.
The Hellbound Heart
12
Philosophy, or the search for the ultimate reality, is necessarily an afterthought.
The Age of the Reformation
13
The whole design has but one fault, and that is an afterthought.
Artist and Public, and Other Essays on Art Subjects
14
Unless you change your mind, he added, as if in involuntary afterthought.
An Outcast of the Islands
15
Minor things like access to a usable programming guide are an afterthought.
Reuters
16
But this was only an afterthought, as he ran toward the compound.
The Mantooth
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Translations for afterthought
Afterthought through the time
Afterthought across language varieties
United States of America
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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