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AFTER
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Irregular inflected form: after
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located farther aft
Classified under:
Similar:
aft ((nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
Example:
two hours after that
Synonyms:
after; afterward; afterwards; later; later on; subsequently
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Behind or in the rear
Example:
and Jill came tumbling after
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Context examples:
Now, just after sundown, when all my work was over and I was on my way to my berth, it occurred to me that I should like an apple.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I dropped off after this and slept soundly all night.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Accordingly, a few months after your departure for Ingolstadt, Justine was called home by her repentant mother.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Halloa, master!” shouted the smith, looking after him.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yet, even after the enrolment, there was much to be done ere the party could proceed upon its way.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is much more extended in one direction than in the other and so looks squashed on one side even after accounting for its inclined projection on the sky.
(Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A, NASA)
Follow-up observations indicate that the corona is still in this close configuration, months after it moved.
(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)
After it rains, grazing animals have a field day.
(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)
After three months, an examination of the tissue revealed that nephrons: the microscopic structural and functional units of the kidney — had formed.
(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In addition, the injectable bandage should initiate wound healing response after achieving hemostasis.
(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
