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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.

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

after
prep
1. following in time or place
2. in pursuit of: he was after my mother's jewellery
3. concerning: he asked after Laura
4. considering: you seem all right after what happened last night
5. next in excellence or importance to
6. in imitation of; in the manner of
7. in accordance with: a man after his own heart
8. with the same name as: the street is named after the designer of the church
9. US past (the hour of): fifteen after twelve
10. after all
a. in spite of everything: I was, after all, a suspect
b. in spite of expectations or efforts
11. after you please go before me
Adverb
at a later time; afterwards
conj
at a time later than the time when: she arrived after the reading had begun
Adjective
Naut further aft: the after cabin [Old English æfter]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.after - located farther aft
aft - (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
Adv.1.after - 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"
2.after - behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"

after
preposition 1. at the end of, following, subsequent to << OPPOSITE before
preposition 2. following, chasing, pursuing, on the hunt for, on the tail of (informal) on the track of
Translations
after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep (time) → después de;
(place, order) → detrás de, tras
advdespués
conjdespués (de) que;
what/who are you after? → ¿qué/a quién buscas?;
the police are after him → la policía le está buscando;
after having done/he left → después de haber hecho/después de que se marchó;
after dinner → después de cenar or comer;
the day after tomorrow → pasado mañana;
to ask after sb → preguntar por algn;
after all → después de todo, al fin y al cabo;
after you! → ¡Vd primero!;
quarter after two (US) → las 2 y cuarto

after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep, advaprès
conjaprès que, après avoir or être + pp;
after dinner → après (le) dîner;
the day after tomorrow → après demain;
it's quarter after two (US) → il est deux heures et quart;
after having done/after he left → après avoir fait/ après son départ;
to name sb after sb → donner à qn le nom de qn;
to ask after sb → demander des nouvelles de qn;
what/who are you after? → que/qui cherchez-vous?;
the police are after him → la police est à ses trousses;
after you! → après vous!;
after all → après tout

after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prepnach +dat;
(of place) → hinter +dat
advdanach
conjnachdem;
after dinner → nach dem Essen;
the day after tomorrow → übermorgen;
what are you after? → was willst du;
who are you after? → wen suchst du?;
the police are after him → die Polizei ist hinter ihm her;
to name sb after sb → jdn nach jdm nennen;
it's twenty after eight (US) → es ist zwanzig nach acht;
to ask after sb → nach jdm fragen;
after all → schließlich;
after you! → nach Ihnen!;
after he left → nachdem er gegangen war;
after having shaved → nachdem er sich rasiert hatte

after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep, advdopo;
after dinner → dopo cena;
the day after tomorrow → dopodomani;
what/who are you after? → che/chi cerca?;
the police are after him → è ricercato dalla polizia;
after you! → prima lei!, dopo di lei!;
after all → dopo tutto

after
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 (시간·장소 등이) ...다음에 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 ...
2 following (often indicating repetition) one thing after another; night after night. na بَعْد، تِلْوَ подир po efter nach κατόπιν tras järel پس از perään, jälkeen après שׁוּב וְשׁוּב की ओर iza követően demi eftir dopo ~につづいて 뒤이어 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
3 behind Shut the door after you! agter وَرَاء зад za efter; bag hinter πίσω detrás taga پشت سر perässä derrière מאַחֲרֵי iza mögött(e) sesudahnya á eftir (sér) dopo di ~のうしろに 뒤에 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 ...
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 ...을 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
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 jälkeen après אַחֲרֵי הַכֹּל @@@ אַחֲרֵי הַכּוֹל$$$ nakon végül is setelah, segala-galanya eftir dopo ~の結果として ...했으니 po pēc setelah na etter po (tym) depois după после; несмотря на po po na kraju krajeva efter หลังจาก düşünülecek olursa, bakılırsa , bakınca 由於 після آخر sau cùng
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) un quarto Sono le dieci e ~過ぎ (시간이) ...가 지난 po pēc lepas over over po depois şi после po čez prošlo över หลังจาก geçe, geçiyor 在...之後 після بعد میں quá ...
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 sen jälkeen après לְאָחַר מִכֶּן बाद nakon később sesudahnya síðar, á eftir dopo あとで (시간·장소가) ...뒤에 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
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 ...
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 결과, 여파 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
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 myöhempi ajatus après coup pensée מַחְשָבָה שׁנִייָה, לְאָחָר מַעֲשֶׂה अनुबोध primisao utógondolat pikiran sesudahnya hugmynd sem kemur eftir á (til viðbótar); bakþanki ripensamento あと知恵 재고 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
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 뒤에 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
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 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 終究 зрештою آخر sau cùng
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 loppujen lopuksi en fin de compte אַחֲרֵי הַכֹּל @@@ אַחֲרֵי הַכּוֹל$$$, बावजूद ipak a történtek után tetap saja þrátt fyrir allt alla fin fine 結局 ...을 찾다 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 畢竟 незважаючи на, всупереч اس سب کے باوجود mặc dù
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 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


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