aftertime UK /ˈɑːf.təˌtaɪm/US /ˈæftəɹˌtaɪm/ noun2 •A later time; the future.mystical states seem [...] full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain; and as a rule they carry with them a curious sense of authority for after-time. — 1902 •The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel. formsaftertimes