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AFTERLIFE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does afterlife mean?
• AFTERLIFE (noun)
The noun AFTERLIFE has 1 sense:
1. life after death
Familiarity information: AFTERLIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Life after death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
afterlife; hereafter
Hypernyms ("afterlife" is a kind of...):
life; life-time; lifespan; lifetime (the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "afterlife"):
kingdom come (the next world)
immortality (perpetual life after death)
Context examples
Ushabti figurines (small carved figurines) were often placed with the deceased in ancient Egyptian tombs to help with responsibilities in the afterlife.
(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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