1a. Behind in place or order: Z comes after Y in the alphabet.b. Next to or lower than in order or importance. 2. In quest or pursuit of: seek after fame; go after big money.3. Concerning: asked after you.4. Subsequent in time to; at a later time than: come after dinner.5. Subsequent to and because of or regardless of: They are still friends after all their differences.6. Following continually: year after year.7. In the style of or in imitation of: satires after Horace.8. With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of: named after her mother.9. According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to: a tenor after my own heart.10. Past the hour of: five minutes after three.11.Irish Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed: “Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago” (James Joyce, Ulysses (in OED) 1922).
ADVERB:
1. Behind; in the rear. 2. At a later or subsequent time; afterward: three hours after; departed shortly after.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Subsequent in time or place; later; following: in after years.2. Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.
CONJUNCTION:
Following or subsequent to the time that: I saw them after I arrived.
NOUN:
1. Afternoon. 2.aftersChiefly British Dessert.
IDIOM:
after all1. In spite of everything to the contrary; nevertheless: We chose to take the train after all.2. Everything else having been considered; ultimately: A car is after all a means of transportation.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English æfter. See apo- in Appendix I.
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