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aftercare

noun
/ˈɑːf.tə(ɹ).kɛə(ɹ)/UK/ˈæf.təɹ.kɛɹ/US

Etymology

From after- + care.

  1. derived from *ǵeh₂r-✻ — “shout, call”
  2. inherited from *karō✻ — “care, sorrow, cry”
  3. inherited from *karu✻
  4. inherited from caru
  5. inherited from care
  6. formed as aftercare — “after- + care”

Definitions

  1. The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.

    • Near-synonym: rehab
    • A nurse came in behind him with some aftercare instructions, and the three of us made our way to the car.

  2. Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.

  3. Childcare services tending to children after the school day.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a…

      Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.

      • […] bring the aftercare we do in the UK to the US and see if our approach can get the same great results on both sides of the Atlantic.

    2. Tender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve…

      Tender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA