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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition Behind in place or order.
  • preposition Next to or lower than in order or importance.
  • preposition In quest or pursuit of.
  • preposition Concerning.
  • preposition Subsequent in time to; at a later time than.
  • preposition Subsequent to and because of or regardless of.
  • preposition Following continually.
  • preposition In the style of or in imitation of.
  • preposition With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of.
  • preposition According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to.
  • preposition Past the hour of.
  • preposition Irish Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed.
  • adverb Behind; in the rear.
  • adverb At a later or subsequent time; afterward.
  • adjective Subsequent in time or place; later; following.
  • adjective Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.
  • conjunction Following or subsequent to the time that.
  • noun Afternoon.
  • noun Chiefly British Dessert.
  • idiom (after all) In spite of everything to the contrary; nevertheless.
  • idiom (after all) Everything else having been considered; ultimately.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In mineralogy, derived from; having the form of: said of pseudomorphs, which retain only the form of the original mineral: as, malachite pseudomorph after cuprite; cassiterite pseudomorph after feldspar. See pseudomorph.
  • Later in time; subsequent; succeeding: as, an after period of life.
  • Naut,: Further aft, or toward the stern of the ship: as, the after-sails; the after-hatch-way.
  • Pertaining to the after-body of a ship: as, after-timbers.
  • Behind; in the rear: as, to follow after.
  • Later in time; afterward: as, it was about the space of three hours after.
  • Behind in place: as, men placed in a line one after another.
  • Later in time than; in succession to; at the close of: as, after supper.
  • In pursuit of; in search of; with or in desire for.
  • In imitation of, or in imitation of the style of: as, to make a thing after a model; after the French; after the antique; after Raphael.
  • According to; in proportion to; in accordance with: as, “after their intrinsic value,” Bacon, War with Spain.
  • According to the nature of; in agreement or unison with; in conformity to.
  • Below in rank or excellence; next to: as, Milton is usually placed after Shakspere among English poets.
  • Concerning: as, to inquire after a person.
  • Subsequent to and in consequence of: as, after what has happened I can never return.
  • Subsequent to the time that.
  • Synonyms Behind, After. See behind.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward.
  • adjective Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding.
  • adjective (Naut.) Hinder; nearer the rear.
  • adjective (Naut.) the part of a ship abaft the dead flat, or middle part.
  • preposition Behind in place.
  • preposition Below in rank; next to in order.
  • preposition Later in time; subsequent. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
  • preposition Subsequent to and in consequence of.
  • preposition Subsequent to and notwithstanding.
  • preposition Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
  • preposition Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English æfter; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English after, from Old English æfter ("after, along, behind, through, throughout, during, following, in consequence of, according to, for the purpose of, by means of, about, in pursuit of, for"), from Proto-Germanic *after, *afteri (“more aft, further behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”); see also Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”) and English aft. Cognate with Scots efter ("after"), North Frisian efter ("after, behind"), Dutch/Low German achter ("behind"), German After ("anus"), Danish & Swedish efter ("after"), Norwegian etter ("after"), Icelandic eftir ("after"), Icelandic aftur ("back, again"). The Proto-Indo-European is the source of apo- ("away, without"), from Ancient Greek ἀπό (apo); comparative is also the source of Ancient Greek ἀπωτέρω (apōterō, "further").

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synonyms (108)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abaft
  2. accommodated to
  3. according to
  4. adapted to
  5. adjusted to
  6. aft
  7. after a time
  8. after all
  9. after that
  10. aftermost
  11. afterward
  12. afterwards
  13. agreeable to
  14. agreeably to
  15. answerable to
  16. astern
  17. attendant
  18. back
  19. backward
  20. baft
  21. because of
  22. befitting
  23. behind
  24. below
  25. beyond
  26. by
  27. by and by
  28. by reason of
  29. by virtue of
  30. bye
  31. cadet
  32. concerning
  33. conformable to
  34. congruent with
  35. consecutive
  36. considering
  37. consistent with
  38. due to
  39. ensuing
  40. ex post facto
  41. following
  42. for
  43. from
  44. hind
  45. hinder
  46. hindermost
  47. hindhand
  48. hindmost
  49. in accordance with
  50. in agreement with
  51. in back of
  52. in compliance with
  53. in conformity with
  54. in consideration of
  55. in correspondence to
  56. in harmony with
  57. in keeping with
  58. in line with
  59. in lock-step with
  60. in obedience to
  61. in search of
  62. in step with
  63. in the aftermath
  64. in the rear
  65. in the sequel
  66. in uniformity with
  67. in view of
  68. in virtue of
  69. infra
  70. junior
  71. later
  72. later than
  73. latterly
  74. lineal
  75. next
  76. on account of
  77. out for
  78. owing to
  79. past
  80. per
  81. posterior
  82. postern
  83. proper to
  84. puisne
  85. rear
  86. rearmost
  87. rearward
  88. retral
  89. retrograde
  90. sequent
  91. since
  92. subsequent
  93. subsequent to
  94. subsequently
  95. succeeding
  96. successive
  97. suitable for
  98. tail
  99. thanks to
  100. then
  101. thereafter
  102. thereon
  103. thereupon
  104. therewith
  105. to
  106. uniform with
  107. without
  108. younger

equivalents (2)

Other words for 'after'

  1. aft
  2. call after

same context (28)

Words that are found in similar contexts

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  2. =a=
  3. away
  4. back
  5. before
  6. behind
  7. care
  8. care!
  9. d
  10. e
  11. expletive
  12. for
  13. g
  14. h
  15. like
  16. neuter
  17. participial
  18. possession
  19. proper
  20. running
  21. sounds
  22. stands
  23. sub-title
  24. take
  25. this
  26. through
  27. zode
  28. śakoontalá

relateds (3)

relateds

  1. abaft
  2. aft
  3. eft

cross-references (5)

Cross-references

  1. about
  2. after one's own heart
  3. after-cabin
  4. fork
  5. see after

rhymes (5)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. drafter
  2. hereafter
  3. laughter
  4. rafter
  5. thereafter

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  • tbtabby commented on the word after

    Means "anus" in German.

    July 13, 2009