after

[US]/'ɑːftə/
[UK]/'æftɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. later, subsequently
prep. following, in the time after
conj. following, in the time after
adj. following in time; later on

Phrases & Collocations

soon after

after all

afterwards

go after

afternoon

chase after

look after

ever after

after hours

Example Sentences

was kept after school.

After the storm it was calm.

after a year's interval

(to) after due discussion

the after part of a ship

insensible after a hit on the head

The sky began to lighten after the storm.

She sings after a fashion.

Real-world Examples

He was greeting supporters Sunday night after his landslide victory.

Source: NPR News April 2019 Collection

They named their child after the saint.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

He never did one ounce of work after 1978.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

'Did anyone see it after the death? '

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

The prince and princess got married and lived happily ever after.

Source: Kids vocabulary video version

Brinsley committed suicide shortly after the shooting.

Source: NPR News December 2014 Collection

I learned that after my second divorce.

Source: Lost Girl Season 3

There was a chase after the attack.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

Iraq granted Kurds autonomy in 2005 after the fall of Saddam.

Source: CNN Selected October 2017 Collection

He was knighted almost immediately after his master's untimely death.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

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