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Adjective
/ˈaftər/,
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During the period of time following (an event),
  1. Later
    • - he was sorry in after years
  2. Nearer the stern
    • - the after cabin
Preposition
  1. During the period of time following (an event)
    • - shortly after Christmas
    • - there's only one thing to do after an experience like that
    • - bathtime ended in a flood after the faucets were left running
    • - Duke Frederick died soon after
  2. With a period of time rather than an event
    • - after a while he returned
  3. In phrases indicating something happening continuously or repeatedly
    • - day after day we kept studying
  4. (used in specifying a time) Past
    • - I strolled in about ten minutes after two
  5. During the time following the departure of (someone)
    • - she cooks for him and cleans up after him
  6. Behind
    • - she went out, shutting the door after her
  7. (with reference to looking or speaking) In the direction of someone who is moving further away
    • - she stared after him
  8. In pursuit or quest of
    • - chasing after something you can't have
    • - most of them are after money
    • - Jenny still yearned after him
  9. Next to and following in order or importance
    • - in their order of priorities health comes after housing
    • - x comes after y in the series
  10. In allusion to (someone or something with the same or a related name)
    • - they named her Pauline, after Barbara's mother
  11. In imitation of
    • - a drawing after Millet's The Reapers
  12. Concerning or about
    • - she has asked after Iris's mother
  1. after(a): located farther aft
  2. subsequently: 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"
  3. behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"
  4. (afters) dessert: a dish served as the last course of a meal
  5. ”After” is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1895, as his Op.31, No.1, with the words from a poem by Philip Bourke Marston.
  6. | Last album = angL(2008) | This album = After(2010) | Next album = }}
  7. After is a young adult book written by Francine Prose. After a school shooting 50 miles away, the new grief and crisis counselor attempts to control the students' lives using the recent tragedy as an excuse. ...
  8. After is a studio album by Cantopop singer Sammi Cheng. It was recorded in 1995 and released in May.
  9. After... is a 2006 supernatural thriller film about the exploits of a group of "urban explorers". It was directed by David L. Cunningham, and stars Daniel Caltagirone, Flora Montgomery, and Nicholas Aaron.
  10. After... is an eroge visual novel originally developed for the PC by Ciel. The art and character designs to the series are by Tony Taka.
  11. Second (of two); next; following; At or towards the stern of a ship; Later; subsequent; Behind; later in time; following; Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause; subsequently to; following in time; later than; behind; in pursuit of, ...
  12. (afterness) The state or quality of being or coming after
  13. (afters) dessert; The festivities held after a wedding meal
  14. (afters) short for the term 'after hours' meaning drinking in a pub after official closing time. Also see 'lock-in'.
  15. If you see this it indicates that the engraving was copied or after the work of someone else.
  16. A print is made after an artist if the printmaker copied the image from a drawing or painting by that artist.
  17. Something that is after is behind in place, subsequent to in time or order.
  18. out to get. "I tink one-a dem girls is after me. She wants ta beat me up."
  19. Hinder -- as the after Ports -- those Ports nearest the Stern, - After Sails, after Hatchway, &c.
  20. surgery, Dupuytren's showing up adjacent to the area previously treated, technically different than recurrence.
  21. An adjective, meaning toward the stern, as in "we're taking water in the after boiler room." Sometimes shortened to "aft," as in "the aft boiler room," but nautical purists draw the line at such corruption of the language.
  22. When a printmaker uses the design (often a painting or drawing) of a previously existing painting as a basis for a print.
  23. [m] afterhours club, in the literal sense. Alcohol curfews don’t exist in Argentina, and regular clubs close at 5 or 6 AM, so after is just a cool name for a club that gets crowded after the other clubs close. ...
  24. 3 Idiots left him on a high, R. Madhavan, 40, followed it up with the disastrous Teen Patti. Now the chocolate boy of the South is ready for yet another shot at Bollywood with a solo lead in Tanu Weds Manu opposite Kangna Ranaut.
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