Definition of After

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Definition of After

After

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.

Hinder; nearer the rear.

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.

Below in rank; next to in order.

Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.

Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.

Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.

Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.

Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.

According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.

According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.

Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.

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After Quotations

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
Maya Angelou

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert Einstein

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.
Wayne Dyer

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
Wayne Dyer

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Marilyn Monroe

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.
Ronald Reagan

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.
Ronald Reagan

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Ronald Reagan

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Mark Twain

After Translations

after in Afrikaans is na, agter, nadat, oor
after in Danish is efter
after in Dutch is achter
after in German is nachdem, hinter, nach, nach
after in Latin is praeter, postquam, secundum, secundum, post
after in Norwegian is etter, bak
after in Swedish is efter

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