Definition/Meaning of after

• English - Adverb: after ( not comparable ) Behind; later in time; following . They lived happily ever after . I left the room , and the dog bounded after . Derived terms Translations
• English - Preposition: after Subsequently to; following in time; later than . We had a few beers after the game . The time is quarter after eight . The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War . Behind . He will leave a trail of destruction after him . In pursuit of , seeking . He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health . In allusion to , in imitation of; following or referencing . We named him…
• English - Conjunction: after Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause . I went home after we had decided to call it a day . 1915 , George A . Birmingham , Gossamer , chapterI: 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…
• English - Adjective: after ( dated ) Later; second (of two); next , following , subsequent 1834 , David Crockett , A Narrative of the Life of , Nebraska 1987, p . 72: 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 . 1886 , Thomas Hardy , The Mayor of Casterbridge‎ The amends he had made in after life were lost sight of…
• English - Alternative forms: afther aftre ( obsolete )