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after [ˈɑːftə] prep 1. following in time; in succession to after dinner time after time 2. following; behind they entered one after another 3. in pursuit or search of chasing after a thief he's only after money 4. concerning to inquire after his health 5. considering after what you have done, you shouldn't complain 6. next in excellence or importance to he ranked Jonson after Shakespeare 7. in imitation of; in the manner of a statue after classical models 8. in accordance with or in conformity to a man after her own heart 9. with a name derived from Mary was named after her grandmother 10. US past (the hour of) twenty after three after all a. in spite of everything it's only a game, after all b. in spite of expectations, efforts, etc. he won the race after all! after you please go, enter, etc., before me adv 1. at a later time; afterwards 2. coming afterwards; in pursuit 3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical further aft; sternwards conj (subordinating) at a time later than that at which he came after I had left adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical further aft the after cabin [Old English æfter; related to Old Norse aptr back, eptir after, Old High German aftar] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
after preposition 1. at the end of, following, subsequent to After breakfast she phoned for a taxi. at the end of before, earlier, sooner, previously, in advance, prior to 2. following, chasing, pursuing, on the hunt for, on the tail of (informal), on the track of People were after him for large amounts of money. 3. looking for, searching for, in search of, trying to find, hunting for, seeking out, fossicking for (Austral. & N.Z.) I did eventually find what I was after. 4. because of, in the wake of, in the aftermath of, on account of, as a result of, as a consequence of I always have to clean up after her. 5. apart from, barring, excepting, next to, other than, excluding, besides, in addition to After Germany, the US is their biggest customer. 6. with the same name as, in the name of, in honour of, the same as, as a tribute to, for (U.S.) He persuaded her to name the baby after him. 7. about, concerning, re, regarding, respecting, referring to, relating to, with respect to, as regards He asked after my wife and daughter. 8. despite, in spite of, regardless of, notwithstanding, in defiance of, undeterred by After all that, we still will not be able to compete. adverb following 1. later, next, succeeding, afterwards, subsequently, thereafter tomorrow, or the day after 2. subsequently, next, behind, afterwards, in the wake (of) In the vehicle behind, the chauffeur followed after. Related words prefix post- Translations after [ˈɑːftəʳ] When after is an element in a phrasal verb, eg ask after, look after, take after, look up the verb. A. PREP 1. (in time) → después de soon after eating it → poco después de comerlo I'll have a shower after you → me ducharé después que tú it was twenty after three (US) → eran las tres y veinte 2. (in position, order) → detrás de, tras day after day → día tras día one after the other → uno tras otro excuse after excuse; one excuse after another → excusas y más excusas after you! → ¡pase usted!, ¡usted primero! after you with the salt → pásame la sal cuando acabes our biggest customer after the US → nuestro mayor cliente después de Estados Unidos 3. (= behind) close the door after you → cierra la puerta al salir or cuando salgas I'm tired of cleaning up after you → estoy cansado de ir detrás de ti limpiándolo todo he ran after me with my umbrella → corrió tras de mí con mi paraguas 4. (= seeking) the police are after him → la policía lo está buscando or está detrás de él I have been after that for years → eso lo busco desde hace años she's after a special dress → busca un vestido especial she's after a husband → va en pos de un marido they're all after the same thing → todos van a por lo mismo what is he after? → ¿qué pretende? I see what you're after → ya caigo, ya comprendo lo que quieres decir; (hostile) → ya te he calado 5. (= in the manner of) this is after Goya → esto se pintó según el estilo de Goya after the English fashion → a la(manera)inglesa see also heart A2 7. (= in view of) → después de after all I've done for you → después de or con todo lo que he hecho por ti he can't go back after what he's done → después de lo que ha hecho no puede volver after all → después de todo B. ADV 1. (= afterward) → después for weeks after → durante varias semanas después long after → mucho tiempo después soon after → poco después 2. (= behind) → detrás C. CONJ → después de que, después que we ate after they'd gone → comimos después de que ellos se marcharon I went out after I'd eaten → salí después de comer we'll eat after you've gone → comeremos cuando te hayas ido D. ADJ 1. in after years (frm) → en los años siguientes, años después 2. (Naut) → de popa AFTER Time Preposition • You can usually translate after referring to a point in time using después de: Please ring after six Por favor, llama después de las seis I'll phone you after the match Te llamaré después del partido ...Francoism after Franco... ...el franquismo después de Franco...• To translate after + ((PERIOD OF TIME)), you can also use al cabo de in more formal Spanish: After a year in the army, he had had enough Después de (estar) un año en el ejército or Al cabo de un año en el ejército, no lo soportaba más! Use más tarde que or después que with names of people and personal pronouns when they stand in for a verb: He got there half an hour after us or after we did Llegó allí media hora más tarde que nosotros or después que nosotros• Translate after + ((-ING)) using después de + ((INFINITIVE)): Don't go swimming immediately after eating No te bañes justo después de comerConjunction • When the action in the after clause has already happened, and the subjects of the two clauses are different, you can generally translate after using después de que. This can be followed either by the indicative or, especially in formal or literary Spanish, by the subjunctive: I met her after she had left the company La conocí después de que dejó or dejara la empresa• When the action in the after clause has not happened yet or had not happened at the time of speaking, cuando is more common than después de que, though both translations are possible. In both cases, use the subjunctive: We'll test the brakes after you've done another thousand miles Comprobaremos los frenos cuando or después de que haya recorrido mil millas más• If the subject of both clauses is the same, después de + ((INFINITIVE)) is usually used rather than después de que: He wrote to me again after he retired Me volvió a escribir después de jubilarseNOTE This construction is also sometimes used in colloquial Spanish even when the subjects are different: After you left, the party ended Después de irte tú, se terminó la fiestaafter [ˈɑːftər] prep (= later than) → après She arrived just after breakfast → Elle est arrivée juste après le petit-déjeuner. after dinner → après le dîner, après dîner the day after tomorrow → après demain day after day → jour après jour year after year → année après année one after the other, one after another → à la suite She made several phone calls one after the other.; She made several phone calls one after another → Elle a passé plusieurs coups de téléphone à la suite. to clear up after sb → débarrasser derrière qn (position) → après He ran after me → Il a couru après moi. after you! → après vous! to shout after sb → crier à qn (US) (telling the time) quarter after two → deux heures et quart it's ten after eight → il est huit heures dix after all → après tout adv → après soon after → peu après conj → après que, après avoir (or être) + pp after I'd had a rest → après m'être reposé after having asked → après avoir demandé after doing sth → après avoir fait qch after flying to London → après avoir pris l'avion pour Londres after: afterbirth n → Nachgeburt f afterburner n → Nachbrenner m afterburning n → Nachverbrennung f aftercare afterdeck n → Achterdeck nt after-dinner adj coffee, conversation → nach dem Essen; after walk/nap → Verdauungsspaziergang m → /-schlaf m; after speech → Tischrede f aftereffect n (of illness) (Psych) → Nachwirkung f; (of events etc also) → Folge f afterglow after-hours adj attr (in shops etc) → nach Geschäftsschluss; (in pubs) → nach der Polizeistunde; (in office etc) → nach der Arbeit, nach Dienstschluss afterimage n (Psych) → Nachempfindung f, → Nachbild nt afterlife n → Leben nt → nach dem Tode after-lunch adj to have an after nap → ein Mittagsschläfchen halten aftermath n → Nachwirkungen pl; in the after of something → nach etw; the country was still suffering the after of war → das Land litt immer noch an den Folgen or Auswirkungen des Krieges aftermost adj (Naut) → hinterste(r, s) after: afterpains pl → Nachwehen pl after-sales service n → Kundendienst m aftershave (lotion) n → Aftershave nt, → Rasierwasser nt aftershock n (of earthquake) → Nachbeben nt after-sun aftertaste n (lit, fig) → Nachgeschmack m; to leave an unpleasant after → einen unangenehmen Nachgeschmack hinterlassen after-tax adj profits etc → nach Steuern, nach Steuerabzug afterthought n → nachträgliche or zusätzliche Idee; if you have any afters about … → wenn Ihnen noch irgendetwas zu … einfällt; he added as an after → fügte er hinzu, schickte er nach; I just mentioned that as an after → das fiel mir noch dazu or nachträglich ein; the window was added as an after → das Fenster kam erst später dazu aftertreatment n (Tech, Chem) → Nachbehandlung f after1 after2 prep (time) → nach (+dat); after dinner → nach dem Essen; after that → danach; the day after tomorrow → übermorgen; the week after next → die übernächste Woche; I’ll be back the week after next → ich bin übernächste Woche wieder da; it was after two o’clock → es war nach zwei; ten after eight (US) → zehn nach acht (order) → nach (+dat), → hinter (+dat); (in priorities etc) → nach (+dat); the noun comes after the verb → das Substantiv steht nach or hinter dem Verb; I would put Keats after Shelley → für mich rangiert Keats unter Shelley; after Germany, Japan is our biggest market → nach Deutschland ist Japan unser größter Markt; after you → nach Ihnen; I was after him (in queue etc) → ich war nach ihm dran; after you with the salt → kann ich das Salz nach dir haben? (place) → hinter (+dat); he shut the door after him → er machte die Tür hinter ihm zu; turn right about a mile after the village → biegen Sie etwa eine Meile nach dem Dorf rechts ab; to shout after somebody → hinter jdm herrufen or -schreien; to shout something after somebody → jdm etw nachrufen (= as a result of) → nach (+dat); after what has happened → nach allem, was geschehen ist; after this you might believe me → jetzt wirst du mir vielleicht endlich glauben (= in spite of) to do something after all → etw schließlich doch tun; after all our efforts! → und das, nachdem or wo (inf) → wir uns so viel Mühe gegeben haben!; after all I’ve done for you! → und das nach allem, was ich für dich getan habe!; after all, he is your brother → er ist immerhin or schließlich dein Bruder; and to do this after I had warned him → und das, nachdem ich ihn gewarnt hatte (succession) → nach (+dat); you tell me lie after lie → du erzählst mir eine Lüge nach der anderen, du belügst mich am laufenden Band; it’s just one thing after another or the other → es kommt eins nach dem anderen or eins zum anderen; one after the other → eine(r, s) nach der/dem anderen; one after the other she rejected all the offers → sie schlug ein Angebot nach dem anderen aus; day after day → Tag für or um Tag; we marched on for mile after mile → wir marschierten Meile um Meile weiter; before us lay mile after mile of barren desert → vor uns erstreckte sich meilenweit trostlose Wüste (manner: = according to) → nach (+dat); after El Greco → in der Art von El Greco, nach El Greco; she takes after her mother → sie schlägt ihrer Mutter nach (pursuit, inquiry) to be after somebody/something → hinter jdm/etw her sein; she asked or inquired after you → sie hat sich nach dir erkundigt; what are you after? → was willst du?; he’s just after a free meal/a bit of excitement → er ist nur auf ein kostenloses Essen/ein bisschen Abwechslung aus adv (time, order) → danach; (place, pursuit) → hinterher; for years/weeks after → noch Jahre/Wochen or jahrelang/wochenlang danach; the year/week after → das Jahr/die Woche danach or darauf; I’ll be back some time the year after → ich komme irgendwann im Jahr danach or im darauffolgenden Jahr wieder; soon after → kurz danach or darauf; what comes after? → was kommt danach or nachher?; the car drove off with the dog running after → das Auto fuhr los und der Hund rannte hinterher conj → nachdem; after he had closed the door he began to speak → nachdem er die Tür geschlossen hatte, begann er zu sprechen; what will you do after he’s gone? → was machst du, wenn er weg ist?; after finishing it I will … → wenn ich das fertig habe, werde ich …; after arriving they went … → nachdem sie angekommen waren, gingen sie … n afters after [ˈɑːftəʳ] 2. prep a. (time, order, place) → dopo day after day → giorno dopo giorno for kilometre after kilometre → per chilometri e chilometri you tell me lie after lie → mi stai dicendo una bugia dopo l'altra time after time → tantissime volte after dinner → dopo cena the day after tomorrow → dopodomani soon after eating it → poco dopo averlo mangiato after all → dopotutto, malgrado tutto half after two (Am) → le due e mezzo one after the other → uno/a dopo l'altro/a shut the door after you → chiudi la porta dietro di te after you! → prima lei!, dopo di lei! 4. adj (Naut) → poppiero/a prep after [ˈaːftə] 1 later in time or place than After the car came a bus. na بَعْد след po efter nach μετά (από) después (de) järel, pärast بعد jälkeen après אַחֲרֵי के बाद nakon után sesudah á eftir dopo ~のあとに [차례] 뒤에 po, paskui pēc; aiz selepas na etter po depois după после po po posle efter ภายหลัง ...-den/dan sonra 在...之後 після, за بعد میں sau 在...之后 2 following (often indicating repetition) one thing after another; night after night. na بَعْد، تِلْوَ подир po efter nach κατόπιν tras järel پس از seuraava après שׁוּב וְשׁוּב की ओर iza követően demi eftir dopo ~につづいて 교대로 paskui pēc; aiz mengikuti na etter po, za após după за, спустя po za za efter หลัง (birbiri) ardına, peş peşe (一個)接著(一個) за بعد والا tiếp sau (一个)接着(一个) 3 behind Shut the door after you! agter وَرَاء зад za efter; bag hinter πίσω detrás taga پشت سر perä- derrière מאַחֲרֵי iza mögött(e) sesudahnya á eftir (sér) dopo di ~のうしろに 다음에 paskui, už aiz belakang achter etter, bak za atrás de după за, позади za za iza efter, bakom หลัง arkadan, ortasından, ardından 在...後面 після, за پیچھے phía sau 在...后面 4 in search or pursuit of He ran after the bus. agter aan خلْـف за za efter hinter...her πίσω από, στο κατόπι detrás de, tras järele به دنبال perään après אַחֲרֵי za után mengejar á eftir dietro, dietro a ~の後を追って ...의 뒤를 쫓아 paskui iepakaļ; nopakaļ mengejar achter... aan etter za, do atrás de după за, вслед за za za tragati za efter ตาม ardından, arkasından, peşinden 追求,追趕 за, позаду تعاقب میں theo đuổi 追赶 5 considering After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work. na بَعْد كُل مَا след po efter nach ύστερα από, δεδομένου después de pärast با وجود؛ علیرغم lopulta après אַחֲרֵי הַכֹּל @@@ אַחֲרֵי הַכּוֹל$$$ nakon végül is setelah, segala-galanya eftir dopo ~の結果として ...의 결과로서 po pēc setelah na etter po (tym) depois după после; несмотря на po po na kraju krajeva efter หลังจาก düşünülecek olursa, bakılırsa, bakınca 有鑑於 після آخر sau cùng 由于 6 (American in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten. na بَعْد (زَمَن) след po over nach και (για την ώρα) y (son las diez y cuarto) läbi بعد از yli (dix heures quinze) אַחֲרֵי nakon múlt lewat yfir (1) Sono le dieci e un quarto ~過ぎ [시간] 후에 po pēc lepas over over po depois şi после po čez prošlo över หลังจาก geçe, geçiyor …過了… після بعد میں quá 在...之后 adv later in time or place They arrived soon after. daarna بَعْدَ ذَلِك след това potom efter danach αργότερα después pärast seda بعد از آن jälkeen après לְאָחַר מִכֶּן बाद nakon később sesudahnya síðar, á eftir dopo あとで [시간] 후에 po to pēc tam setelah itu daarna etter, etterpå, seinere potem depois după aceea позднее potom, nato zatem uskoro därefter, efter[] ภายหลัง (bir şey)den sonra, daha sonra 後來 пізніше, потім بعد میں sau đó 后来 conj later than the time when After she died we moved house twice. nadat بَعْدَ أن по-късно poté co efter; senere; sidenhen nachdem αφού después de (que) pärast seda kui پس از sen jälkeen kun après (que) לְאַחַר जब nakon miután setelah eftir (að) dopo ~のあとで ...한 뒤에 po pēc tam kad selepas nadat etter at po tym jak, gdy, kiedy depois după после того как potom, čo... potem ko nakon sedan, efter [] att หลังจาก (bir şey)den daha sonra, daha sonraki bir zamanda 在...以後 після того як بعد sau khi 在...以后 n aftermath [-mӕθ] the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war. nagevolg, naskok عَواقِب، آثَار (الحرب) последици následky følge; eftervirkning Nachwirkungen επακόλουθο secuelas tagajärg عواقب jälkivaikutus suites תוֹצָאָה, סָפִיח परिणाम posljedica következmény dampak, ekor, akibat eftirköst, afleiðingar conseguenza 余波 여파, 영향 pasekmė atskaņas; sekas selepas nasleep ettervirkning, følge następstwa rescaldo urmare, consecinţă последствие následky posledice posledica efterdyningar, följder ควันหลง sonrası 後果 наслідки نتائج و عواقب hậu quả 后果 n afterthought a later thought. nagedagte تَفْكِير مُتَأخِّر، تَأمُّل فِي حَادِثَة سَابِقَه мисъл, която ми хрумва по-късно dodatečná myšlenka eftertanke nachträglicher Einfall μεταγενέστερη σκέψη pensamiento posterior järelmõte فکری که دیر به ذهن خطور می کند jälkiviisaus pensée après coup מַחְשָבָה שׁנִייָה, לְאָחָר מַעֲשֶׂה अनुबोध primisao utógondolat pikiran sesudahnya hugmynd sem kemur eftir á (til viðbótar); bakþanki ripensamento あと知恵 반성 paskesnė mintis novēlojusies doma selepas nadere overweging ettertanke refleksja lembrança gând ulterior запоздалая мысль dodatočný nápad pomislek naknadna misao tanke som man kommer på efteråt ความคิดหรือการพิจารณาภายหลัง sonradan akla gelen fikir 事後的想法 думка, що прийшла в голову надто пізно بعد کی سوچ sự nghĩ lại 事后的想法 adv afterwards later or after something else has happened or happens He told me afterwards that he had not enjoyed the film. na die tyd بَعْدَئِذ، فِيمَا بَعْد после potom, později bagefter; sidenhen; efter nachher κατόπιν después, posteriormente, a continuación pärastpoole بعداً jälkeenpäin par la suite לְאָחַר מִכֵּן, אָחַר כָּך बाद में kasnije később sesudah itu eftir á, seinna dopo, in seguito あとで 나중에 po to, vėliau pēc tam; vēlāk selepas itu naderhand etterpå, seinere, deretter potem, później depois după aceea впоследствии neskôr kasneje naknadno efteråt, sedan ภายหลัง daha sonra, sonradan 後來 потім, згодом بعد ازاں sau này 后来 after all 1 (used when giving a reason for doing something etc) taking everything into consideration I won't invite him. After all, I don't really know him. buitendien مَع كُل ذَلِك все пак konec konců trods alt schließlich στο κάτω κάτω después de todo lõppude lõpuks از آنجا که loppujen lopuksi après tout הָרֵי आखिरकार napokon végül is bagaimanapun juga þegar öllu er á botninn hvolft dopotutto, dopo tutto やっぱり 아무튼 pagaliau, šiaip ar taip galu galā lagipun ten slotte tross alt w końcu, jakkolwiek by było afinal până la urmă в конце концов koniec koncov navsezadnje konačno när allt kommer omkring, ändå อย่างไรก็ตาม ne de olsa 畢竟 зрештою آخر sau cùng 终究 2 in spite of everything that has/had happened, been said etc It turns out he went by plane after all. tog, nietemin رُغْمَ ذَلِك въпреки всичко nakonec, přece jenom på trods af; alligevel doch τελικά, παρόλα αυτά a pesar de todo, a fin de cuentas kõigele vaatamata به رغم؛ علیرغم اینکه kaikesta huolimatta en fin de compte אַחֲרֵי הַכֹּל @@@ אַחֲרֵי הַכּוֹל$$$, बावजूद ipak a történtek után tetap saja þrátt fyrir allt alla fin fine 結局 결국 vis dėlto galu galā akhirnya toch likevel, tross alt jednak apesar de tudo la urma urmei всё-таки nakoniec predsa končno ipak trots allt, i alla fall ไม่ว่าอย่างไรก็ตาม sonunda 終究 незважаючи на, всупереч اس سب کے باوجود mặc dù 毕竟 be after to be looking for something What are you after?; The police are after him. agter aan يَبْغِي، يَقْصِد، يَبْحَث عَن подир hledat, sledovat lede efter; søge efter hinterher sein γυρεύω, αναζητώ perseguir, buscar taga ajama به دنبال etsiä être à la recherche de לְחָפֶּשׂ के पीछे tražiti keres mencari leita eftir, reyna að ná í essere alla ricerca di ~を求めて ...을 찾다 ieškoti meklēt; izsekot mengejar zoeken lete etter, søke etter szukać estar à procura a urmări искать; преследовать hľadať zasledovati tragati za nečim (nekim) vara [] efter ต้องการ; ไล่ตาม peşinde 尋找 шукати پیچھے tìm kiếm 寻找 after → بَعْد, بَعْدَما až, po efter nach, nachdem αφού, μετά después de, después de (que) jälkeen après, après que nakon, pošto dopo ・・・した後に, ・・・の後に ... 후에, ...한 뒤에 na, nadat etter, etter at po, zaraz po (tym jak) depois, depois de, depois que после, после того как efter ภายหลัง, หลังจาก ardında, sonra sau, sau khi 在...之后, 过后 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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