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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
after adv 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, later, afterwards, afterward, after, later on] 2: behind or in the rear; "and Jill came tumbling after" adj 1: located farther aft | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
After \Aft"er\, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. [1913 Webster] After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. --Matt. xxvi. 32. [1913 Webster] 4. Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful. [1913 Webster] 5. Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course. [1913 Webster] 6. Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of. [1913 Webster] Ye shall not go after other gods. --Deut. vi. 14. [1913 Webster] After whom is the king of Israel come out? --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. [1913 Webster] 7. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness. [1913 Webster] 8. In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father. [1913 Webster] To name or call after, to name like and reference to. [1913 Webster] Our eldest son was named George after his uncle. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 9. According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind. [1913 Webster] He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes. --Isa. xi. 3. [1913 Webster] They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. --Rom. viii. 5. [1913 Webster] 10. According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. One after another, successively. To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get; as, he is after money. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat, or middle part. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
After \Aft"er\, adv. Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after. [1913 Webster] It was about the space of three hours after. --Acts. v. 7. [1913 Webster] Note: After is prefixed to many words, forming compounds, but retaining its usual signification. The prefix may be adverbial, prepositional, or adjectival; as in after- described, after-dinner, after-part. The hyphen is sometimes needlessly used to connect the adjective after with its noun. See Note under After, a., 1. [1913 Webster] | ||
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