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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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

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" afterward, afterwards, later, later on, subsequently
	2.	after - behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after"

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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

adverb 3. following, later, next, succeeding, afterwards, subsequently, thereafter >> prefix post-

Translations

after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep (time) → después de;

(place, order) → detrás de, tras

adv → después

conj → después (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

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after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep, adv → après

conj → après 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

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after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep → nach +dat;

(of place) → hinter +dat

adv → danach

conj → nachdem;

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

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after [ˈɑːftəʳ] prep, adv → dopo;

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