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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
Spanish 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

French 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

German 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

Italian 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

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