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af·ter

(ăf′tər)

prep.

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.

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.]

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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.

11. 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!.

12. after you please go, enter, etc, before me

adv

13. at a later time; afterwards

14. coming afterwards; in pursuit

15. (Nautical Terms) nautical further aft; sternwards

conj

(subordinating) at a time later than that at which: he came after I had left.

adj

(Nautical Terms) nautical further aft: the after cabin.

[Old English æfter; related to Old Norse aptr back, eptir after, Old High German aftar]

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af•ter

(ˈæf tər, ˈɑf-)

prep.

1. behind in place or position; following behind: We marched one after the other.

2. following the completion of; in succession to: Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late.

3. in consequence of: After what has happened, I can never return.

4. below in rank or estimation: placed after Shakespeare among English poets.

5. in imitation of: fashioned after Raphael.

6. in pursuit or search of: I'm after a better job.

7. concerning; about: to inquire after a person.

8. in agreement or conformity with: a man after my own heart.

9. in spite of: After all her troubles, she's still optimistic.

adv.

10. behind; in the rear: Jill came tumbling after.

11. later in time; afterward: happily ever after.

adj.

12. later; subsequent: In after years we never heard from him.

13.

a. farther aft.

b. located closest to the stern or tail; aftermost.

conj.

14. subsequent to the time that: after the boys left.

15. afters, Brit. Informal. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) dessert.

Idioms:

after all, despite what has occurred; nevertheless.

[before 900; Old English æfter, c. Old Frisian efter, Old Saxon, Old High German after]

after

– afterwards – later

1. 'after'

After is usually a preposition. If something happens after a particular time or event, it happens during the period that follows that time or event.

Vineeta came in just after midnight.

We'll hear about everything after dinner.

You can say that someone does something after doing something else.

After leaving school he worked as an accountant.

After completing and signing the form, please return it to me.

Be Careful!
Don't say that someone is 'after' a particular age. You say that they are over that age.

She was well over fifty.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'after' to say that something is at the back of something else. The word you use is behind.

I've parked behind the school.

2. 'afterwards'

Afterwards is an adverb. If something happens afterwards, it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned. You often use afterwards in expressions like not long afterwards, soon afterwards, and shortly afterwards.

She died soon afterwards.

Shortly afterwards her marriage broke up.

3. 'afterward'

Afterward is also sometimes used, especially in American English.

I left soon afterward.

Not long afterward, he made a trip from L.A. to San Jose.

4. 'later'

Later is an adverb. You use later to refer to a time or situation that follows the time when you are speaking.

I'll go and see her later.

A little, much, and not much can be used with later.

A little later, the lights went out.

I learned all this much later.

You can use after, afterwards, or later following a phrase that mentions a period of time, in order to say when something happens.

I met him five years after his wife's death.

She wrote about it six years afterwards.

Ten minutes later he left the house.

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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"

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-

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after

adverb

At a subsequent time:

afterward, afterwards, later, latterly, next, subsequently, ulteriorly.

Idioms: after a while, by and by, later on.

adjective

1. Following something else in time:

later, posterior, subsequent, ulterior.

2. Nautical. Located in the rear:

back, hind, hindmost, posterior, postern, rear.

Translations

بَعْد بَعْدُبَعْدَ أنبَعْدَ ذَلِكبَعْد كُل مَا

popotomzapoté copoté, co

efterforbioverseneresidenhen

nach nachdem hinter hinterher trotz

μετά μετά από αφού κατόπιν

tras después de después detrás de por

pärast

jälkeenmukaanmukaillenohiperään

après derrière en après qued’après

nakon

mögötteután

á eftireftirsíîar, á eftiryfir

dopo dopo che da dietro alle calcagna

･･･した後に･･･のあとを･･･の後に･･･を過ぎて

... 후에...을 지나서...한 뒤에뒤에

ieškotipagaliaupasekmėpaskesnė mintispaskui

aiziepakaļnopakaļpēcpēc tam

na naar nadat ondanks over

bak etter etter at etterpå forbi

po za zaraz po (tym jak)

depois de depois que ir atrás de para além de atrás de

после после того как потом в результате вслед

nato

pozapotemkasneje

izazaзаиза

efterförbi

ไล่ตามผ่านภายหลังหลังจาก

ardından arkasından geçiyorortasındanpeş peşe

quasausau khi

在...之后在...以后在...后面在…之后由于

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

6. (= in honour of) he is named after Churchill → se le llamó así por Churchill

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 comer
Conjunction

• 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 jubilarse

NOTE 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 fiesta

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after

[ˈɑːftə^r]

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

(expressing hierarchy) → après
the second biggest, after Germany → le plus grand après l'Allemagne

(trying to get) to be after sth/sb → chercher qch/qn
What are you after? → Que cherchez-vous?
Who are you after? → Qui cherchez-vous?
He's after Rick's job!
BUT Il veut le boulot de Rick!.
The police are after him → La police le cherche.

to be named after sb/sth → porter le nom de qn/qch
to name sb/sth after sb/sth → appeler qn/qch d'après qn/qch, appeler qn/qch d'après le nom de qn/qch
Virginia named the baby after her uncle → Virginia a appelé le bébé d'après le nom de son oncle.

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

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after

afterbirth

n → Nachgeburt f

afterburner

n → Nachbrenner m

afterburning

n → Nachverbrennung f

aftercare

n (of convalescent) → Nachbehandlung f, → Nachsorge f; (of ex-prisoner) → Resozialisierungshilfe f

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

n (of sun) → Abendrot nt, → Abendleuchten nt; (fig) → angenehme Erinnerung

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

adj → After-Sun-; after lotion/cream → After-Sun-Lotion f → /-Creme f

n (= lotion) → After-Sun-Lotion f; (= cream) → After-Sun-Creme f

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

after

adj attr (Naut) → Achter-; the after deck → das Achterdeck

after

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 …

adj in after years → in späteren Jahren

n afters

pl (Brit inf) → Nachtisch m; what’s for afters? → was gibts hinterher or als or zum Nachtisch?

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after

[ˈɑːftəʳ]

1. adv (afterwards) → dopo
the day after → il giorno dopo or seguente

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!

b. (in pursuit) → dietro
he ran after me → mi è corso dietro, mi ha rincorso
the police are after him → è ricercato dalla polizia
what/who are you after? (fam) → (che) cosa/chi cerca?

3. conj → dopo che
after he had eaten he went out → dopo aver mangiato or che ebbe mangiato uscì

4. adj (Naut) → poppiero/a

after

(ˈaːftə) preposition

1. later in time or place than. After the car came a bus.

2. following (often indicating repetition). one thing after another; night after night.

3. behind. Shut the door after you!

4. in search or pursuit of. He ran after the bus.

5. considering. After all I've done you'd think he'd thank me; It's sad to fail after all that work.

6. (American. in telling the time) past: It's a quarter after ten.

adverb

later in time or place. They arrived soon after.

conjunction

later than the time when. After she died we moved house twice.

ˈaftermath (-mӕθ) noun

the situation etc resulting from an important, especially unpleasant, event. The country is still suffering from the aftermath of the war.

ˈafterthought noun

a later thought.

ˈafterwards adverb

later or after something else has happened or happens. He told me afterwards that he had not enjoyed the film.

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.

2. in spite of everything that has/had happened, been said etc. It turns out he went by plane after all.

be after

to be looking for something. What are you after?; The police are after him.

after

→ بَعْد, بَعْدُ, بَعْدَما, وَرَاءَ po, poté, co efter, forbi hinerher, nach, nachdem αφού, μετά, μετά από después de, después de (que), tras jälkeen, ohi, perään après, après que nakon da, dopo, e ･･･した後に, ･･･のあとを, ･･･の後に, ･･･を過ぎて ... 후에, ...을 지나서, ...한 뒤에, 뒤에 achterna, na, nadat, over etter, etter at, forbi po, za, zaraz po (tym jak) atrás de, depois, depois de, depois que, ir atrás de, para além de после, после того как efter, förbi ไล่ตาม, ผ่าน, ภายหลัง, หลังจาก ardından, arkasından, geçiyor, sonra qua, sau, sau khi 在...之后, 在…之后, 越过, 过后

after

prep. después;

adv. después, más tarde;

___ effects → consecuencias, secuelas; acción retardada de una droga;

___ treatment → tratamiento de recuperación.

after

adv después (de); after you eat..después de comer; prep después de; after a week..después de una semana; — meals después de las comidas; the day — el día después