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Definition after

Etymology

From Middle English after, from Old English æfter, from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epotero- (“further behind, further away”), from *h?epo (“off, away”).

Cognate with Scots efter (“after”), North Frisian efter (“after, behind”), West Frisian after, achter, efter (“behind; after”), Low German/Dutch achter (“behind”), German after- (“after-”), Swedish/Danish efter (“after”), Norwegian etter (“after”), Icelandic eftir (“after”), aftur (“back, again”).

The Irish usage to indicate recent completion of an activity is a calque of the Irish collocation Táim tar éis... (“I have just...”).

Adverb

after (not comparable)

  1. Behind; later in time; following.

Preposition

after

  1. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
  2. Behind.
  3. In pursuit of, seeking.
  4. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
  5. Next in importance or rank.
  6. As a result of.
  7. In spite of.
  8. (Ireland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
  9. (dated) According to an author or text.
  10. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
  11. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.

Conjunction

after

  1. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.

Adjective

after

  1. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
  2. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.

Results 423 Words with the letters AFTER

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4 letter words with the letters AFTER 
FARE 7
FART 7
FATE 7
FEAR 7
FEAT 7
FETA 7
FRAE 7
FRAT 7
FRET 7
RAFT 7
RATE 4
REFT 7
TARE 4
TEAR 4
TREF 7
3 letter words with the letters AFTER 
AFT 6
ARE 3
ARF 6
ART 3
ATE 3
EAR 3
EAT 3
EFT 6
ERA 3
ETA 3
FAR 6
FAT 6
FER 6
FET 6
RAT 3
REF 6
RET 3
TAE 3
TAR 3
TEA 3
2 letter words with the letters AFTER 
AE 2
AR 2
AT 2
EF 5
ER 2
ET 2
FA 5
FE 5
RE 2
TA 2

You can also try words with the phrase AFTER, words starting with the letters AFTER, or words ending in the letters AFTER.