afterschool

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adjective

Taking place immediately after school classes.

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Meanings

adjectiveafterschool (not comparable)

alternative after-school

  1. not comparableTaking place immediately after school classes.
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.

    Usually the youngsters who participate in the Shorefront YM-YWHA-sponsored afterschool program in Brighton Beach are getting homework help or playing in the gym after classes.

    2007 December 24, Kari Haskell, “A Party Where Hope Eclipses Stress of the Season”, in New York Times

Origin

From after- + school.

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Cite this entry
APA

afterschool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterschool

MLA

“afterschool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterschool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterschool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterschool.

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