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af·ter       [af-ter, ahf-] Pronunciation Key
–preposition
1.behind in place or position; following behind: men lining up one after the other.
2.later in time than; in succession to; at the close of: Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late.
3.subsequent to and in consequence of: After what has happened, I can never return.
4.below in rank or excellence; nearest to: Milton is usually placed after Shakespeare among English poets.
5.in imitation of or in imitation of the style of: to make something after a model; fashioned after Raphael.
6.in pursuit or search of; with or in desire for: I'm after a better job. Run after him!
7.concerning; about: to inquire after a person.
8.with the name of; for: He was named after his uncle.
9.in proportion to; in accordance with: He was a man after the hopes and expectations of his father.
10.according to the nature of; in conformity with; in agreement or unison with: He was a man after my own heart. He swore after the manner of his faith.
11.subsequent to and notwithstanding; in spite of: After all their troubles, they still manage to be optimistic.
–adverb
12.behind; in the rear: Jill came tumbling after.
13.later in time; afterward: three hours after; happily ever after.
–adjective
14.later in time; next; subsequent; succeeding: In after years we never heard from him.
15.Nautical, Aeronautics.
a.farther aft.
b.located closest to the stern or tail; aftermost: after hold; after mast.
c.including the stern or tail: the after part of a hull.
–conjunction
16.subsequent to the time that: after the boys left.
–noun
17.afters, British Informal. the final course of a meal, as pudding, ice cream, or the like; dessert.
—Idiom
18.after all, despite what has occurred or been assumed previously; nevertheless: I've discovered I can attend the meeting after all.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE æfter; c. OFris efter, OS, OHG after, Goth aftaro, ON eptir; equiv. to æf- (see aft) + -ter suffix of comparison and polarity (c. Gk -teros)]

—Synonyms 1. See behind.
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af·ter       (āf'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
prep.  
    1. Behind in place or order: Z comes after Y in the alphabet.
    2. Next to or lower than in order or importance.
  2. In quest or pursuit of: seek after fame; go after big money.
  3. Concerning: asked after you.
  4. Subsequent in time to; at a later time than: come after dinner.
  5. Subsequent to and because of or regardless of: They are still friends after all their differences.
  6. Following continually: year after year.
  7. In the style of or in imitation of: satires after Horace.
  8. With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of: named after her mother.
  9. According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to: a tenor after my own heart.
  10. Past the hour of: five minutes after three.
  11. Irish Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed: "Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago" (James Joyce).

adv.  
  1. Behind; in the rear.
  2. At a later or subsequent time; afterward: three hours after; departed shortly after.

adj.  
  1. Subsequent in time or place; later; following: in after years.
  2. Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.

conj.   Following or subsequent to the time that: I saw them after I arrived.

n.  
  1. Afternoon.
  2. afters Chiefly British Dessert.


[Middle English, from Old English æfter; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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after 
O.E. æfter "after, next, following in time," from O.E. of "off" (see apo-) + -ter a comparative suffix; thus originally meaning "more away, farther off." After hours "after regular working hours" is from 1861. Afterglow first attested 1873; aftershock is from 1894; after-life first recorded 1593; afterthought is from 1661. A combination that ought to have survived is after-wit "wisdom that comes too late" (1579).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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after

adjective
1. located farther aft 

adverb
1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: subsequently] 
2. behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after" 

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

after

In addition to the idioms beginning with after, also see day after day; get after; go after; inquire after; keep after; live happily ever after; look after; morning after; name after; run after; see after; sought after; take after; throw good money after bad; time after time.


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After

A*baft"\ ([.a]*b[.a]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft, baften, biaften, AS. be[ae]ftan; be by + [ae]ftan behind. See After, Aft, By.] (Naut.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

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After

Aft\ ([.a]ft), adv. & a. [AS. [ae]ftan behind; orig. superl. of of, off. See After.] (Naut.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

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After

Aft"er\ ([.a]ft"t[~e]r), a. [AS. [ae]fter after, behind; akin to Goth. aftaro, aftra, backwards, Icel. aptr, Sw. and Dan. efter, OHG. aftar behind, Dutch and LG. achter, Gr. 'apwte`rw further off. The ending -ter is an old comparative suffix, in E. generally -ther (as in other), and after is a compar. of of, off. [root]194. See Of; cf. Aft.]

1. Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. --Marshall.

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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