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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



... directed on the track of Walter Ardworth, after leaving Liverpool, which (I find by the books at the inn where he lodged and was known) he did in debt to the innkeeper, the very night he received the charge of the child. Here, as yet, I am in fault; but I have ascertained that a woman, one of the sect, of the ...
— Lucretia, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... all he said. I could not help it; my transom was open. And then, too, after he mentioned—Mr. Alwyn's name, I wanted to hear. I knew that his appointment would cost you the embassy—unless Bles was tempted and should fall. So I came to you to say—to say you mustn't pay ...
— The Quest of the Silver Fleece - A Novel • W. E. B. Du Bois
... many writers of her day, she wrote Johnsonese rather than English. She loved long words, and amplified where she should have compressed. However, it is an ungracious task to criticise one who did good work in her time. After all, the truest test of the merits of a writer who wrote with the single object that Hannah More did, is the effect she produced. Her writings were once readable and very influential. If the virtue now appears to have gone out of them, we may be ...
— The English Church in the Eighteenth Century • Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
... world were already protestant Chieftains are dwarfed in the estimation of followers Children who had never set foot on the shore Chronicle of events must not be anticipated College of "peace-makers," who wrangled more than all Conceding it subsequently, after much contestation Conceit, and procrastination which marked the royal character Condemned first and inquired upon after Conformity of Governments to the principles of justice Considerable reason, even if there were but ...
— Quotations From John Lothrop Motley • David Widger
... the biggest heart among them all Beat under the feathered hat;— "Not me!" she cried, and up, and sped After the boys who had fought and bled,— "Here's a game ...
— 'All's Well!' • John Oxenham


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