After
/ˈæftər/preposition
Something happens after another thing means it happens later or after that thing.
I always have breakfast after I brush my teeth.
Often appears as...
- after school
- after hours
adverb
Something is after when it is in the time following another event.
A few days after, he calls me back.
Often appears as...
- shortly after
- soon after
conjunction
Used to say that one thing happens following another thing as a result of it.
After you practised daily, you became an excellent guitarist.
Often appears as...
- after all
- after you left
adjective
Coming later in time or sequence.
The week after next, we will start the project.
Often appears as...
- after effects
- after hours
preposition
Something happens after another thing means it happens later or after that thing.
I always have breakfast after I brush my teeth.
Often appears as...
- after school
- after hours
adverb
Something is after when it is in the time following another event.
A few days after, he calls me back.
Often appears as...
- shortly after
- soon after
conjunction
Used to say that one thing happens following another thing as a result of it.
After you practised daily, you became an excellent guitarist.
Often appears as...
- after all
- after you left
adjective
Coming later in time or sequence.
The week after next, we will start the project.
Often appears as...
- after effects
- after hours
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Event Sequences
Use 'after' to indicate what will be done next in plans or lists.
After our meeting, let's have lunch.
Pro Tip 2/3Cause and Effect
'After' can suggest that an event is a result of something that happened earlier.
The streets were wet after the rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Expressions
'After' often pairs with time-specific words to clarify timing.
Let's meet after 6 PM.
Compare with
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Why elephants never...
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The Infinite Hotel...
and always room for more, the scenarios faced by the ever-diligent and maybe too hospitable night manager serve to remind us of just how hard it is for our relatively finite minds to grasp a concept as large as infinity. Maybe you can help tackle these problems after a good night's sleep.
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The five major world...
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Can you solve the...
but reassures himself that your statement couldn't have changed anything. You leave, and life on the island seems to go on as before. But on the hundredth morning after your visit, all the prisoners are gone, each having asked to leave the previous night.
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protect them other adults certainly won't look after them
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Planet Earth: A...
nurture the natural world which is after all our home
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Kurt Cobain
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Steve Harvey
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People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
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Aesop
Greek Author
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
What is Apple, after all? Apple is about people who think 'outside the box,' people who want to use computers to help them change the world, to help them create things that make a difference, and not just to get a job done.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
Sjogren's is something you live with your whole life. The good news for me is now I know what's happening after spending years not knowing... I feel like I can get better and move on.
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Kurt Cobain
American Singer
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
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Steve Harvey
American Actor
People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.
Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We call first truths those we discover after all the others.
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Aesop
Greek Author
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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