AFTER
\ˈaftə], \ˈaftə], \ˈa_f_t_ə]\
Definitions of AFTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
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Hinder; nearer the rear.
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Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
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Below in rank; next to in order.
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Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
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Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
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Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
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Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
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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.
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According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
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According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
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Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
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To ward the stern of the ship; - applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
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Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
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Hinder; nearer the rear.
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Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
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Below in rank; next to in order.
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Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
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Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
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Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
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Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
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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.
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According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
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According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
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Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
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To ward the stern of the ship; - applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
By Noah Webster.
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Next; later; behind in place; as, the after part of a ship.
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In succession to; later than; in imitation of; according to; in pursuit of.
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Later than.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Behind in place: later in time: more toward the stern of a vessel.
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Behind, in place: later, in time: following, in search of: in imitation of: in proportion to: concerning.
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Subsequently: afterward.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Farther aft.
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In the rear; behind.
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In succession to; subsequently to; because of; not with standing.
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Behind, back of, or below in rank; inferior to; in pursuit of; in search of.
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In relation to; about; for; in imitation of; in obedience to; according to.
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For the sake of; by the name of.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Later in time; succeeding; further aft.
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Posterior; later.
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Behind in place; later in time; in pursuit or search of; in imitation of; according to; next to; concerning.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Later in time-as, it is an after thought.
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Behind; later-as, he went home after dinner.
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When-as, you will come to me after he has seen you.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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