after
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "after"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

at a later time than something
after definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The concert starts after sunset.
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.1

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāϰ

used to indicate time past a specific hour
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting will start at ten minutes after three.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŸā§‡ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.2

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇

used to indicate one following another in an unbroken series
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The waves crashed against the shore, hour after hour.
āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇

in a position behind or following something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers marched one after another in formation.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĒāϰ⧇

toward someone or something that has just left
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog ran after the ball.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ

further along a path or route
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Turn right after the traffic light.
āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇

in response to the mess or actions of a person or animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Parents must pick up after their toddlers.
āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž-āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĒāϰ⧇

with the aim of catching or obtaining
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's always after the latest technology.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§‡āĨ¤
05

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇

in a position that is next in order or importance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the rankings, Spain comes after France.
āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āύ āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
06

āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡, āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāϪ⧇

with the name of or in memory of
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school was named after its founder.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤
6.1

āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀āϤ⧇

in the style of
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The composer wrote a symphony after Beethoven.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĨā§‹āϭ⧇āύāĻāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĢāύāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€

in alignment with someone's preferences or ideals
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's a leader after the people's own wishes.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϜāύāĻ—āϪ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĨ¤
08

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇

with reference to
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They inquired after the missing package.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
09

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

when measured against something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room felt quiet after the noisy party.
āϕ⧋āϞāĻžāĻšāϞāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

following and due to a prior event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the scandal, the politician resigned.
āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
10.1

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“

even with prior difficulties
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After so much support, he gave up anyway.
āĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ“, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻŦ⧁āĻ“ āĻšā§‡āϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇

at a later time
after definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting ended at noon, and the team went to lunch after.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĒāϰ⧇

positioned at the back
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leader marched forward, with the soldiers close after.
āύ⧇āϤāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϝāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

at some point subsequent to when something happens
after definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She called her mother after she finished her homework.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ-, āĻĒāϰ-

used to indicate something that is subsequent to something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach gave a thorough after-game analysis.
āϕ⧋āϚ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻžāύ⧁āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

positioned nearer to the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passengers were seated in the after cabin during the storm.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž

in the future relative to a given time
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She would come to regret that decision in after times.
āϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§‹āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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