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af·ter (af′tər, äf′-)

adverb

  1. behind in place
  2. behind in time; later; next

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

  1. behind in place; in back of
    1. behind in time; later than after lunch
    2. following year after year
    1. in search of
    2. 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

conjunction

following the time when; later than

adjective

  1. next; later
  2. nearer the rear (esp. of a ship or aircraft)

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after

modif. and prep.

  1. Behind in space

    back of, in the rear, behind; see back.

  2. Following

    next, later, subsequent; see following.


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after quotes

   The great thing isto last and get your workdone, and see and hear and understand and write when there is something that you know and not before and not too damn much after.

-Hemingway, Ernest Millar

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