after
Part of speech: adv
prep
conj
adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros
Proto-Germanic *after
Old English æfter
Middle English after
English after
From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epoteros (“further behind, further away”), from *h₂epo (“off, away”).
Cognate with Scots efter (“after”), North Frisian efter (“after, behind”), West Frisian after, achter, efter (“behind; after”), Low German and Dutch achter (“behind”), German after- (“after-”), Danish and Swedish efter (“after”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk etter (“after”), Faroese and Icelandic eftir (“after”).
The Irish usage to indicate recent completion of an activity is a calque of the Irish collocation Táim tar éis... (“I have just...”, literally “I am after...”).
Inflected forms:
form: afters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Behind; later in time; following.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
They lived happily ever after.
I might come next month, or the month after.
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
examples: We had a few beers after the game.
The time is a quarter after eight.
The Cold War began shortly after WWII.
After you with the salt and pepper.
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
examples: After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
examples: I’m not putting you in charge again after the last disaster.
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
examples: After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
I can’t believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
tags: often
examples: I'm tired of picking up after you. Why can't you clean your own messes?
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
examples: day after day, time after time, mile after mile, beer after beer, smile after smile
Paper after paper spells out how vulnerable we are to internet-induced brain rot.
gloss: Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
pos: prep
tags: Ireland
Newfoundland
examples: I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door. [= I had just finished my dinner when ...]
He was after walking on the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before, all the way from the County Limerick, where his brother, Father John, has a parish; and you may believe, the poor man was tired
Mother: Let him get away out of this now, himself and his share of songs. Look at the way he has your bib destroyed that I was after washing in the morning!
When I woke up it was black-dark and the music was after stopping. I could taste the bread I was after eating in the dream, as sweet and luscious as any I ever knew
He asked directions to the dairy those milk cans had shown up late at. Corrigan pointed back the way he'd come and explained, “You'd have been after riding past their loading platform because they don't have their sign overlooking where the train would be after stopping.
"Yes. And where were you when the flood broke loose?" / "I would be most of the way to the Old House then. O'Loughlin was after running in wild to tell me he was hearing the Banshee out at The Old House, […]."
gloss: Behind.
pos: prep
examples: He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
I told her to shut the door after her.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
gloss: In pursuit of, seeking.
pos: prep
examples: He’s after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
gloss: In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
pos: prep
examples: We named him after his grandfather.
This painting is after Leonardo da Vinci.
Work your horse in a calade, after the Italian way; ride him straight, and then you make good use of the calade.
In the 19th century, brothers John and Hugh Finlay pioneered the Baltimore Fancy Chair, modeling its klismos back not after firsthand encounters with the ancient Greek perches but after representations on Grecian urns.
gloss: Below, often next below, in importance or rank.
pos: prep
examples: The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
gloss: Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
pos: prep
examples: to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
gloss: According to (an author or text).
pos: prep
tags: obsolete
gloss: According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
pos: prep
tags: obsolete
examples: He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
gloss: Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
pos: conj
examples: The show ends after the fat lady sings.
After we had decided to call it a day, I went home.
It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
1991, Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (character), Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
gloss: Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: I did verily believe in my own mind, that I couldn't fight in that way at all; but my after experience convinced me that this was all a notion.
The amends he had made in after life were lost sight of in the dramatic glare of the original act.
In the old days, […] he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
gloss: At or towards the stern of a ship or the rear of an aircraft.
pos: adj
examples: The after gun is mounted aft.
The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
The aircraft provided an after cabin for two radar operators.
Caspian led them down a ladder into the after hatch.
gloss: Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference after a specified treatment.
pos: noun
examples: In the ‘before’ shots, she’ll look like an ordinary suburban housewife; but we know she acts in community theater musicals sometimes, so the ‘afters’ will give her a glamorous starlet image, starting with a very revealing bathing suit shot.
Did any of the before pictures remind you of yourself, and did any of the afters show what you hoped your results might be?
So with that in mind, we thought it might be helpful to put some pictures where our mouths are, and include some less-than-flattering photos of our first house after we’d lived there eight whole months. Spoiler alert: We were miiiles away from the “afters” that we shared on pages 6 and 7.
Synonyms: post
Derived words: accessary after the fact
accessory after the fact
a day after the fair
after a fashion
after all
after all is said and done
after a while
after dark
after-five
after hours
after image journal
after me the deluge
afternoon
after one's own heart
after one's own soul
after Saturday comes Sunday
after school special
after the fact
after the jump
after the Lord Mayor's show
after us the deluge
after-work
after you
before and after
close the barn door after the horse has bolted
close the stable door after the horse has been stolen
close the stable door after the horse has bolted
day after day
day after tomorrow
fish and company stink after three days
go after
it is easy to be wise after the event
letters after one's name
life after death
like a dog after a bone
lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
morning after the night before
night after night
one after another
one after the other
one thing after another
pay good money after bad
pitch good money after bad
please repeat after me
pour good money after bad
shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
sought-after
spend good money after bad
sweet-after-death
the seventh water after kissel
they're only after one thing
throw good money after bad
time after bit
time after time
two days after tomorrow
walk after lunch
ask after
chase after
clean up after
come after
dangle after
enquire after
get after
inquire after
listen after
look after
lust after
make after
name after
run after
run around after
set after
take after
whore after
after-banquet
afterness
after-party
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: уашҭан
roman: waŝtan
lang: Afrikaans
word: na
lang: Albanian
word: pas
lang: Amharic
word: በኋላ
roman: bäḫʷala
lang: Arabic
word: بَعْدَ
roman: baʕda
lang: Arabic
word: بعد
roman: baʕd
lang: Arabic
word: بعد
roman: baʕad
lang: Arabic
word: مور
roman: mūr
lang: Armenian
word: հետո
roman: heto
lang: Aromanian
word: dupã
lang: Aromanian
word: dupu
lang: Aromanian
word: dipu
lang: Aromanian
word: dipã
lang: Baluchi
word: بعد چہ
roman: ba'd ce, ba'd ca
lang: Belarusian
word: пасля́
roman: pasljá
lang: Belarusian
word: по́сле
roman: póslje
lang: Bengali
word: পরে
roman: pore
lang: Bulgarian
word: след
roman: sled
lang: Bulgarian
word: подир
roman: podir
lang: Catalan
word: després de
lang: Catalan
word: acabat de
lang: Catalan
word: en acabat de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: ...以後 /...以后
roman: ...yǐhòu
lang: Cornish
word: wosa
lang: Czech
word: po
lang: Danish
word: efter
lang: Dutch
word: na
lang: Dutch
word: over
lang: Esperanto
word: post
lang: Estonian
word: pärast
lang: Finnish
word: jälkeen
lang: Finnish
word: yli
lang: French
word: après
lang: Old Frisian
word: ni
lang: West-Frisian
word: nei
lang: Friulian
word: daspò
lang: Galician
word: despois de
lang: German
word: nach
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂
roman: afar
lang: Greek
word: μετά
roman: metá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: μετά
roman: metá
lang: Haitian Creole
word: apre
lang: Hebrew
word: אחרי
roman: aḥaréi
lang: Hebrew
word: לאחר
roman: l'aḥar
lang: Hindi
word: ... के बाद
roman: ... ke bād
lang: Hungarian
word: után
lang: Icelandic
word: eftir
lang: Ido
word: pos
lang: Indonesian
word: setelah
lang: Ingrian
word: perrää
lang: Ingrian
word: peräst
lang: Interlingua
word: post
lang: Interlingua
word: depois
lang: Irish
word: tar éis
lang: Irish
word: i ndiaidh
lang: Italian
word: seguente
lang: Italian
word: dopo
lang: Japanese
word: 後に
roman: ato ni
lang: Kannada
word: ಬಳಿಕ
roman: baḷika
lang: Korean
word: 다음에
roman: da'eum-e
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دوایی
roman: dwayî
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دوای ئەوە
roman: dway ewe
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پاش ئەوە
roman: paş ewe
lang: Lao
word: ຫລັງຈາກ
roman: lang chāk
lang: Latin
word: post
lang: Latin
word: secundum
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: apré
lang: Macanese
word: cavâ
lang: Macedonian
word: по
roman: po
lang: Macedonian
word: после
roman: posle
lang: Malay
word: selepas
lang: Malayalam
word: ശേഷം
roman: śēṣaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: കഴിഞ്ഞ്
roman: kaḻiññŭ
lang: Maltese
word: wara
lang: Marathi
word: नंतर
roman: nantar
lang: Mòcheno
word: no
lang: Mongolian
word: дараа
roman: daraa
lang: Neapolitan
word: aroppo
lang: Norman
word: oprès
lang: Norwegian
word: etter
lang: Odia
word: ପରେ
roman: pare
lang: Old Norse
word: at
lang: Old Prussian
word: pa
lang: Persian
word: پس از
roman: pas az
lang: Persian
word: بعد از
roman: ba'd az
lang: Persian
word: بعد
roman: ba'd-e
lang: Persian
word: در پی
roman: dar pi
lang: Polabian
word: pü
lang: Polish
word: po
lang: Portuguese
word: depois de
lang: Proto-Norse
word: ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ
lang: Punjabi
word: مَگروں
roman: magroṉ
lang: Romanian
word: după
lang: Romanian
word: peste
lang: Russian
word: по́сле
roman: pósle
lang: Northern Sami
word: maŋŋá
lang: Scots
word: efter
lang: Scots
word: eftir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: an dèidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̏сле
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̏слије
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȍsle
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȍslije
lang: Slovak
word: po
lang: Slovene
word: po
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pó
lang: Spanish
word: después de
lang: Spanish
word: tras
lang: Spanish
word: en pos de
lang: Swedish
word: efter
lang: Tamil
word: பிறகு
roman: piṟaku
lang: Thai
word: หลัง
roman: lǎng
lang: Tok Pisin
word: bihain
lang: Tongan
word: hili
lang: Turkish
word: sonra
lang: Ukrainian
word: пі́сля
roman: píslja
lang: Urdu
word: ... کے بعد
roman: ... ke bād
lang: Urdu
word: بعد از
roman: bād-az
lang: Urdu
word: پھر
roman: phir
lang: Vietnamese
word: sau
lang: Walloon
word: après
lang: Welsh
word: ar ôl
lang: Yaghnobi
word: бад
roman: bad
lang: Yakut
word: кэлин
roman: kelin
lang: Yiddish
word: נאָך
roman: nokh