Meaning of aftercareer | Babel Free
Definitions
The career that follows a particular experience or stage in a person's life; later career.
Examples
“In a youth entering life under the protection of such relations, who could have⟳ anticipated the future dramatist and poet laureat […]? In his after career, his early connections with the puritans, and the principles of his kinsmen during the civil wars and usurpation, were often made subjects of reproach […]”
“Nothing more happened to ruffle Mr Pontifex, so we had a delightful evening, which has often recurred to me while watching the after career of my godson.”
“[…] it was not till the afternoon that they came out on the high-road, their first high-road; and there disaster, fleet and unforeseen, sprang out on them—disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad.”
“[…] since the author himself seldom sold the copy⟳ to the bookseller, he had no personal or financial interest⟳ in his play’s aftercareer except on the stage⟳, the more especially since he did not believe⟳ that in a play⟳ he was writing in a medium that would bring⟳ him literary fame.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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