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After   /ˈæftər/   Listen
preposition
After  prep.  
1.
Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you."
2.
Below in rank; next to in order.
3.
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. "After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee."
4.
Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
5.
Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
6.
Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of. "Ye shall not go after other gods." "After whom is the king of Israel come out?"
7.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
8.
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
To name after or To call after, to name like and reference to. "Our eldest son was named George after his uncle."
9.
According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind. "He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes." "They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh."
10.
According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. (Archaic) "He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value."
After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole.
After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively.
One after another, successively.
To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get; as, he is after money.


adverb
After  adv.  Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after. "It was about the space of three hours after." Note: After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but retaining its usual signification. The prefix may be adverbial, prepositional, or adjectival; as in after- described, after-dinner, after-part. The hyphen is sometimes needlessly used to connect the adjective after with its noun. See Note under After, a., 1.


adjective
After  adj.  
1.
Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Note: In this sense the word is sometimes needlessly combined with the following noun, by means of a hyphen, as, after-ages, after-act, after-days, after-life. For the most part the words are properly kept separate when after has this meaning.
2.
Hinder; nearer the rear. (Naut.) To ward the stern of the ship; applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after-braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts and mizzenmasts.
After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat, or middle part.





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"After" Quotes from Famous Books



... At any rate, it seemed to him that she was anxious to show a greater confidence than she actually felt, and this impression was confirmed when, immediately afterwards, she suggested gently that, perhaps, after all, the drive had better be postponed; the horses might still be nervous and fidgety from their ...
— Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands • Bjoernstjerne Bjoernson
... the vocal stream—is Petrarch's sepulchre. Fit resting-place for what remains to earth of such a poet's clay! It is as though archangels, flying, had carried the marble chest and set it down here on the hillside, to be a sign and sanctuary for after-men. A simple rectilinear coffin, of smooth Verona mandorlato, raised on four thick columns, and closed by a heavy cippus-cover. Without emblems, allegories, or lamenting genii, this tomb of the great poet, ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece • John Addington Symonds
... the fifteenth century. Although used as a monastery, it was strongly fortified; and guns round the walls still remain, notwithstanding that they would be of little use in the present day. We saw, just above the edge of a cliff, a curious and ancient cross, richly carved. The monks' refectory was, after the Reformation, turned into a banqueting hall; and the cornice which runs round it represents hunting scenes of boars, stags, wolves, and bulls. Obtaining a light, we descended by a flight of stairs, through ...
— A Yacht Voyage Round England • W.H.G. Kingston
... me never to look forward to winter," cried Matty, "but just enjoy myself while I can. So I am not going to plague myself with either Addition or Division to-day. To look after such vulgar things is only a ...
— The Crown of Success • Charlotte Maria Tucker
... to neglect the doings of the chemist; if he does he is bound to find himself led into mistakes. No doubt the scientific man is at times needlessly hampered by theories which he and others at the time take to be fairly well established facts, but which after all turn out to be nothing of the kind. This in no way weakens the argument, but rather by giving an additional ...
— Science and Morals and Other Essays • Bertram Coghill Alan Windle


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