[
UK
/ˈɑːftɐ/
]
[ US /ˈæftɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈæftɝ/ ]
ADVERB
-
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
it didn't happen until afterward
he apologized subsequently
he's going to the store but he'll be back here later
two hours after that -
behind or in the rear
and Jill came tumbling after
ADJECTIVE
- located farther aft
How To Use after In A Sentence
- She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
- A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
- Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in The Black Bar
- This was just a few years after Lord Byron woke to find Child Harold's Pilgrimage in the bookshops and himself famous, as it were, overnight.