adjective
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Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
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(where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
example
The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
adverb
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Behind; later in time; following.
example
I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
preposition
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Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
example
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War.
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Behind.
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He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
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In pursuit of, seeking.
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He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
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In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
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We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
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Next in importance or rank.
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The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
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As a result of.
example
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
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In spite of.
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After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
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(usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
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I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
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According to an author or text.
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Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
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to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
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According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
conjunction
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Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
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I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
Examples of after in a Sentence
He has come after me.
After the service, Alex was unusually silent.
Hour after hour he stood and watched.
After he left, she lifted one of the suitcases and placed it on the bed.
I'll be fine after we rest for a little bit.
Additionally, right below that is a section called, "What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?"
After a while he rang the bell again, very loudly.
Hopefully he would be in a better mood after they got back home.
Julia called after him.
One ball after another came whizzing near him.
Some time after this, Zeuxis painted another wonderful picture.
They now bade farewell to the kind but unseen people of the cottage, and after the man had called their attention to a high, pyramid-shaped mountain on the opposite side of the Valley, and told them how to travel in order to reach it, they again started upon their journey.
After is getting a lot of hits.
After all, her plans were going so well.
Fifteen years after that, I got the computer on which I currently am typing.
After lunch, all four of them went outside to play ball.
Finals are week after next and I have to study.
Toni bellowed, tearing after her.
Darian picked up after the first ring.
She shut the door after they entered, and smiled wryly at Adrienne.
There was another way, but after what had happened today, she was reluctant to bring it up.
After one last look around to see if she was being watched, she started into the woods.
Carmen stared after her and shook her head.
They're all several hours after the fact and come from an unusual viewpoint; not where there would naturally be someone observing.
After many adventures I reached Omaha, only to find that all my old friends were dead or had moved away.
After having her wiggle her toes and move her ankle this way and that, he finally stepped back and observed her with a frown.
Have you heard about an organization called After?
If you fail, I'll send Jonny here after you.
She sensed Talon was about to rebel, as was she at the thought of swimming after such an exhausting walk.
Sharon was born shortly after my husband remarried.
Not until after I graduated.
They should have waited until after school was out, like she had suggested.
The balance of the weekend went well after a slow start.
Betsy, it's after ten...
After examining the various dials and switches on Quinn's machines, I had a fairly clear idea of each; I could turn it on and increase and decrease the settings.
She doesn't realize her time on this earth is ebbing to a close, perhaps only minutes from now after she answers my questions.
After all, no one in history has ever been able to look into the past the way we do.
After all, I'd designed it to be imperturbable.
A young man cowers and cries, perhaps in memory long after his sister is gone.
After all, that spark was why he fought so hard, so humans didn't turn into someone like him.
The two worlds were sealed after the Schism.
Her features had gone from drawn and pale to glowing, the result of his return from Europe after an extended absence and the child growing in her womb.
We'll evac all Naturals and Guardian assets from Tucson Sector after the Quarterly and send in a clean-up crew.
After smearing peanut butter and jam on whole wheat bread for a lunch on the fly, Dean knocked on Martha's door.
It was just after midnight.
From what Fred says after snooping on the Internet, Mr. Westlake is quite wealthy.
That's where the kids sometimes go, and after the water fight we figured they'd be celebrating.
Not after what I did to you.
By some means, however, he learned to read; and after that he loved nothing so much as a good book.
He works from home and has a night job remotely monitoring real-time security cameras after hours at an office building.