āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The concert starts after sunset.
āĻāύāϏāĻžāϰā§āĻ āϏā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāϏā§āϤā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting will start at ten minutes after three.
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āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers marched one after another in formation.
āϏā§āύā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āύ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog ran after the ball.
āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2
āĻĒāϰā§, āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ
further along a path or route
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Turn right after the traffic light.
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĄāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāϰā§, āĻ āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§
in response to the mess or actions of a person or animal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Parents must pick up after their toddlers.
āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž-āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's always after the latest technology.
āϏ⧠āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻļā§āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻĒāϰā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§
in a position that is next in order or importance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the rankings, Spain comes after France.
āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§, āϏā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϏā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāϏā§āĨ¤
06
āύāĻžāĻŽā§, āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖā§
with the name of or in memory of
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school was named after its founder.
āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽā§āĨ¤
6.1
āĻ āύā§āϏāĻžāϰā§, āĻļā§āϞā§āϤā§
in the style of
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The composer wrote a symphony after Beethoven.
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07
āĻ āύā§āϏāĻžāϰā§, āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§
in alignment with someone's preferences or ideals
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's a leader after the people's own wishes.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāύāĻāĻŖā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻŦ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāύ āύā§āϤāĻžāĨ¤
08
āĻĒāϰā§, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§
with reference to
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They inquired after the missing package.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
09
āĻĒāϰā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§āϤā§
when measured against something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The room felt quiet after the noisy party.
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āύā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the scandal, the politician resigned.
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āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After so much support, he gave up anyway.
āĻāϤ āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻ, āϏ⧠āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āĻšā§āϰ⧠āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meeting ended at noon, and the team went to lunch after.
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āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The leader marched forward, with the soldiers close after.
āύā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞā§āύ, āϏā§āύā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
after
01
āĻĒāϰā§, āϝāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ
at some point subsequent to when something happens
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She called her mother after she finished her homework.
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after-
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach gave a thorough after-game analysis.
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after
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§āϰ, āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ
positioned nearer to the stern of a ship or tail of an aircraft
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passengers were seated in the after cabin during the storm.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰā§āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧠āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She would come to regret that decision in after times.
āϏ⧠āϏā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻļā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤



























