AFTERSCHOOL Definition & Meaning

afterschool

Or ��·�ٱ��-��ǴǱ�

[af-ter-skool, ahf-]

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adjective

for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon.
He’s looking for an afterschool job.
Is there afterschool tutoring in math?

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of afterschool¹

First recorded in 1905–10; after ( def. ) + school ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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She wants the government to pay for free breakfast and afterschool clubs or more free childcare on top of the 30 hours a week currently provided.

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Kilmer's first screen role was opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in an ABC Afterschool Special.

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He made his TV debut in an “ABC Afterschool Special” about drunk driving, opposite a young Michelle Pfeiffer.

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As food insecurity experts have established, child hunger spikes during the summer because millions lose access to the school breakfast, lunches and afterschool meals they receive during the regular school year.

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They agreed to let her have Instagram for her afterschool activities, which they found ironic and frustrating.

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When To Use

What does ��ڳٱ��ǴǱ��mean?

Afterschool describes something for students that takes place after their schooling is done for the day. Afterschool can describe just about anything that takes place after a school day ends. At school, students might attend afterschool care when they’re too young to be home alone. They might belong to afterschool clubs, which have meetings at the end of the school day, such as a robotics club or a drama club. Students could play afterschool sports, being part of a team that practices and has games outside of school hours. Students might also do things away from school that happen immediately after the end of school or only take place outside of school hours, such as an afterschool job or an afterschool program not held at the school.Afterschool is most often used in reference to students who are teens or younger and attend nursery school, primary school, or secondary school. Afterschool can also be spelled after-school. After school is used to indicate a time later than school hours, as in Tanya walked home with her friends after school and then promptly did her homework.Example: Leoni had to stay in afterschool care every day when they were young because their parents worked late.

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