Meaning

5 senses
  1. A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

    Many religious people believe in an afterlife.

    Leben nach dem Tod, Jenseits, Unterwelt

    загро́бная жизньzagróbnaja žiznʹ, загро́бный мирzagróbnyj mir, потусторо́нний мирpotustorónnij mir

    потойбі́ччяpotojbíččja, за́світиzásvity, потойбі́чне життя́potojbíčne žyttjá

    life after death

  2. The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died.

    You'll reunite later, somewhere in the afterlife.

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life.

    They say that life begins at 40, but right now I'm more interested in the afterlife that begins at 65!

  4. The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death.

    The philanthropic endowment that she bequeathed gave her an ongoing afterlife.

  5. The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of something, especially a cultural production such as a film, book, etc.

    The 1970s TV show M*A*S*H had a long afterlife in syndication.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. Do you believe in the afterlife?

    Ти віриш у життя після смерті? — deniko

    ruВы верите в жизнь после смерти? — odexed

  2. She doesn't believe in an afterlife.

    ruОна не верит в жизнь после смерти. — marafon

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  3. He wasn't concerned with his afterlife.

    ruЗагробная жизнь его не беспокоила. — Wezel

  4. Tom doesn't believe in an afterlife.

  5. Tell him that in the afterlife.

    ruПередашь ему это на том свете! — ZegPhig

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
By meaning 1
a conscious existence after death:
Deutsch
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Origin

From after- + life.

From after- + life.

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