after

after: after [af′tər, äf′tər]

adv.

[ME < OE æfter (akin to OHG aftar & MHG after) < of, off + -ter, old compar. suffix]

1. behind in place

2. behind in time; later; next

prep.

1. behind in place; in back of

2.

a) behind in time; later than [after lunch]

b) following [year after year]

3.

a) in search of

b) pursuing, hounding, urging, etc. [they are after me for a donation]

4. as a result of; on account of [after what has happened, he won't go]

5. in spite of [after all we had done, he was still ungrateful]

6. following next to in order, rank, or importance

7. in accordance with; in the manner of; patterned on the model of [a novel after Hemingway's style]

8. for; in honor of [a child named after Lincoln]

9. concerning; about [she asked after you]

conj.

following the time when; later than

adj.

1. next; later

2. nearer the rear (esp. of a ship or aircraft)

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