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after
[ af-ter, ahf- ]
preposition
- behind in place or position; following behind:
men lining up one after the other.
- later in time than; in succession to; at the close of:
Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late.
- subsequent to and in consequence of:
After what has happened, I can never return.
- below in rank or excellence; nearest to:
Milton is usually placed after Shakespeare among English poets.
- in imitation of or in imitation of the style of:
to make something after a model; fashioned after Raphael.
- in pursuit or search of; with or in desire for:
I'm after a better job. Run after him!
- concerning; about:
to inquire after a person.
- with the name of; for:
He was named after his uncle.
- in proportion to; in accordance with:
He was a man after the hopes and expectations of his father.
- according to the nature of; in conformity with; in agreement or unison with:
He was a man after my own heart. He swore after the manner of his faith.
- subsequent to and notwithstanding; in spite of:
After all their troubles, they still manage to be optimistic.
adverb
- behind; in the rear:
Jill came tumbling after.
- later in time; afterward:
three hours after; happily ever after.
adjective
- later in time; next; subsequent; succeeding:
In after years we never heard from him.
- Nautical, Aeronautics.
- farther aft.
- located closest to the stern or tail; aftermost:
after hold; after mast.
- including the stern or tail:
the after part of a hull.
conjunction
- subsequent to the time that:
after the boys left.
noun
- afters, British Informal. the final course of a meal, as pudding, ice cream, or the like; dessert.
after
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preposition
- following in time; in succession to
after dinner
time after time
- following; behind
they entered one after another
- in pursuit or search of
chasing after a thief
he's only after money
- concerning
to inquire after his health
- considering
after what you have done, you shouldn't complain
- next in excellence or importance to
he ranked Jonson after Shakespeare
- in imitation of; in the manner of
a statue after classical models
- in accordance with or in conformity to
a man after her own heart
- with a name derived from
Mary was named after her grandmother
- past (the hour of)
twenty after three
- after all
- in spite of everything
it's only a game, after all
- in spite of expectations, efforts, etc
he won the race after all!
- after youplease go, enter, etc, before me
adverb
- at a later time; afterwards
- coming afterwards; in pursuit
- nautical further aft; sternwards
conjunction
- subordinating at a time later than that at which
he came after I had left
adjective
- nautical further aft
the after cabin
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of after1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of after1
Idioms and Phrases
- after all, despite what has occurred or been assumed previously; nevertheless:
I've discovered I can attend the meeting after all.
More idioms and phrases containing after
- day after day
- get after
- go after
- inquire after
- keep after
- live happily ever after
- look after
- morning after
- name after
- run after
- see after
- sought after
- take after
- throw good money after bad
- time after time
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On Wednesday night, state humanities councils across the country had begun receiving similar letters stating that their NEH funding had been terminated, one day after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency visited NEH headquarters.
He said he couldn’t walk from sixth grade until partway through eighth as he had surgery after surgery.
Months after their private marriage, Williams and Kail welcomed Hart, their first child together, in June 2020.
“We kept our promises,†she said, after the county had stopped broadcasting her words on their audio system.
"Children still need care before and after school so the idea that childcare costs end when your child starts school is nonsensical," Suzi told BBC News NI.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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