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English

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Etymology

, from *{{term||aftar-|more behind}}, from *{{term||aptar-|more behind}}, comparative form of *{{term||apo-|off, behind}}. The PIE comparative is also the source of Ancient Greek {{term|ἀπωτέρω||tr=apōtérō|sc=polytonic}}.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑːf.tə/,
  • IPA: /ˈæf.tɚ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-after.ogg


Adverb

  1. behind|Behind; later in time; following.
  2. : They lived happily ever after.
  3. : I left the room, and the dog bounded after.


Translations

  • German: ,
  • Korean: 다음에 (daEum-e), 앞으로 (ap-euro) (for hereafter, later than now)

Preposition

  1. subsequently to; following in time; later than.
  2. : We had a few beers after the game.
  3. : The time is quarter after eight.
  4. : The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War
  5. behind
  6. : he will leave a trail of destruction after him
  7. in pursuit of, seeking
  8. : he's after a job
  9. : run after him
  10. : inquire after her health
  11. in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing
  12. : we named him after his grandfather
  13. : a painting after Leonardo da Vinci
  14. next in importance or rank
  15. : The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
  16. : Wiktionary is the most important website after Wikipedia.
  17. as a result of
  18. : After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
  19. in spite of
  20. : After all that has happened, he is still my friend.


Translations

  • Armenian: հետո (heto)
  • Bosnian:
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Greek: μετά (metá)
  • Hebrew: אחרי, לאחר
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|tar éis|xs=Irish}}, {{t|ga|i ndiaidh|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: 後 (nochi) (afterwards, since then)
  • Korean: 다음에 (daEum-e)
  • Kurdish: , ,
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish: ,
  • French:
  • German:
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Norse: at
  • Bosnian:
  • Czech:
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French: ,
  • German:
  • Maltese: {{t-|mt|wara|xs=Maltese}}
  • Norwegian:

Derived terms

A few examples


Conjunction

  1. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
  2. : I went home after we had decided to call it a day.


Translations

  • German:

Adjective

  1. In the Context of At or towards the stern of a ship
  2. : The after gun is mounted aft.
  3. : The after gun is abaft the forward gun.


Usage notes

  • As shown in the examples above, the adverb in this nautical usage is and the related preposition is .


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English After \Aft"er\, prep.
1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut
doors after you." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Below in rank; next to in order. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. --Dryden.
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3. Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three
days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was
interposed between it and the clause.
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After I am risen again, I will go before you into
Galilee. --Matt. xxvi.
32.
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4. Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you
have said, I shall be careful.
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5. Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our
advice, you took that course.
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6. Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in
pursuit of.
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Ye shall not go after other gods. --Deut. vi.
14.
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After whom is the king of Israel come out? --1 Sam.
xxiv. 14.
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7. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to;
as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to
thirst after righteousness.
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8. In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of;
as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens;
the boy takes after his father.
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To name or call after, to name like and reference to.
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Our eldest son was named George after his uncle.
--Goldsmith.
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9. According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the
nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
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He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes.
--Isa. xi. 3.
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They that are after the flesh do mind the things of
the flesh. --Rom. viii.
5.
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10. According to the direction and influence of; in
proportion to; befitting. [Archaic]
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He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk
and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
--Bacon.
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After all, when everything has been considered; upon the
whole.

After (with the same noun preceding and following), as,
wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves,
etc.) successively.

One after another, successively.

To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get;
as, he is after money.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English After \Aft"er\ ([.a]ft"t[~e]r), a. [AS. [ae]fter after, behind;
akin to Goth. aftaro, aftra, backwards, Icel. aptr, Sw. and
Dan. efter, OHG. aftar behind, Dutch and LG. achter, Gr.
'apwte`rw further off. The ending -ter is an old comparative
suffix, in E. generally -ther (as in other), and after is a
compar. of of, off. [root]194. See Of; cf. Aft.]
1. Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after
period of life. --Marshall.
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Note: In this sense the word is sometimes needlessly combined
with the following noun, by means of a hyphen, as,
after-ages, after-act, after-days, after-life. For the
most part the words are properly kept separate when
after has this meaning.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hinder; nearer the rear. (Naut.) To ward the stern of the
ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a
vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines,
after-braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the
mainmasts and mizzenmasts.
[1913 Webster]

After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat,
or middle part.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English After \Aft"er\, adv.
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he
follows after.
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It was about the space of three hours after. --Acts. v.
7.
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Note: After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but
retaining its usual signification. The prefix may be
adverbial, prepositional, or adjectival; as in after-
described, after-dinner, after-part. The hyphen is
sometimes needlessly used to connect the adjective
after with its noun. See Note under After, a., 1.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet after
adj : located farther aft [syn: after(a)]
adv 1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he
apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but
he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until
afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently,
later, afterwards, afterward, later on]
2: behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"
Moby Dictionary
abaft , accommodated to , according to , adapted to , adjusted to , aft ,
after a time , after all , after that , aftermost , afterward ,
afterwards , agreeable to , agreeably to , answerable to , astern ,
attendant , back , backward , baft , because of , behind , below , beyond ,
by , by and by , by reason of , by virtue of , cadet , conformable to ,
congruent with , consecutive , considering , consistent with , due to ,
ensuing , ex post facto , following , for , from , hind , hinder ,
hindermost , hindhand , hindmost , in accordance with ,
in agreement with , in back of , in compliance with ,
in conformity with , in consideration of , in correspondence to ,
in harmony with , in keeping with , in line with , in lock-step with ,
in obedience to , in search of , in step with , in the aftermath ,
in the rear , in the sequel , in uniformity with , in view of ,
in virtue of , infra , junior , later , later than , latterly , lineal ,
next , on account of , out for , owing to , past , per , posterior ,
postern , proper to , puisne , rear , rearmost , rearward , retral ,
retrograde , sequent , since , subsequent , subsequent to ,
subsequently , succeeding , successive , suitable for , tail ,
thanks to , then , thereafter , thereon , thereupon , therewith ,
uniform with , without , younger


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