afters

af·ter  (ftr)

prep.

1.

a. Behind in place or order: Z comes after Y in the alphabet.

b. Next to or lower than in order or importance.

2. In quest or pursuit of: seek after fame; go after big money.

3. Concerning: asked after you.

4. Subsequent in time to; at a later time than: come after dinner.

5. Subsequent to and because of or regardless of: They are still friends after all their differences.

6. Following continually: year after year.

7. In the style of or in imitation of: satires after Horace.

8. With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of: named after her mother.

9. According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to: a tenor after my own heart.

10. Past the hour of: five minutes after three.

11. Irish Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed: "Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago" (James Joyce).

adv.

1. Behind; in the rear.

2. At a later or subsequent time; afterward: three hours after; departed shortly after.

adj.

1. Subsequent in time or place; later; following: in after years.

2. Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.

conj.

Following or subsequent to the time that: I saw them after I arrived.

n.

1. Afternoon.

2. afters Chiefly British Dessert.

Idiom:

after all

1. In spite of everything to the contrary; nevertheless: We chose to take the train after all.

2. Everything else having been considered; ultimately: A car is after all a means of transportation.

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[Middle English, from Old English æfter; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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afters

Noun

Informal the sweet course of a meal

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

afters - a dish served as the last course of a meal dessert, sweet course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" ambrosia - fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut baked Alaska - cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven blancmange - sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded charlotte - a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard compote, fruit compote - dessert of stewed or baked fruit dumpling - dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry flan - open pastry filled with fruit or custard frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet mousse - a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream pavlova - a dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream peach melba - ice cream and peaches with a liqueur whip - a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed pud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) sillabub, syllabub - sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor tiramisu - an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate sabayon, zabaglione - light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled mould, mold - a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold; "a lobster mold"; "a gelatin dessert made in a mold"

Translations

afters [ˈɑːftəz] n (col) (= dessert); postre m

afters [ˈɑːftəz] n (Brit) (inf) (= dessert); dessert m

afters [ˈɑːftəz] after (Brit) (inf) n → Nachtisch m

afters [ˈɑːftəz] n (BRIT ) (col) (= dessert); dessert m inv