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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
after
after preposition, conjunction, adverb, adjective BrE [ˈɑːftə(r)] NAmE [ˈæftər]
preposition
1. later than sth; following sth in time
• We'll leave after lunch.
• They arrived shortly after 5.
•Not long after that he resigned.
•Let's meet the day after tomorrow/the week after next.
•After winning the prize she became famous overnight.
•After an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed).
• (NAmE)It's ten after seven in the morning (= 7.10 a.m.)
2. … after…used to show that sth happens many times or continuously
•day after day of hot weather
• I've told you time after time not to do that.
see also one after another at ↑one
3. behind sb when they have left; following sb
• Shut the door after you.
• I'm always having to clean up after the children (= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy).
•He ran after her with the book.
•She was left staring after him.
4. next to and following sb/sth in order or importance
• Your name comes after mine in the list.
• He's the tallest, after Richard.
•After you (= Please go first).
•After you with the paper (= Can I have it next?).
5. in contrast to sth
• It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside.
6. as a result of or because of sth that has happened
• I'll never forgive him after what he said.
7. despite sth; although sth has happened
• I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her.
8. trying to find or catch sb/sth
•The police are after him.
•He's after a job at our place.
9. about sb/sth
•She asked after you (= how you were).
10. in the style of sb/sth; following the example of sb/sth
•a painting after Goya
•We named the baby ‘Ena’ after her grandmother.
11. after- (in adjectives)happening or done later than the time or event mentioned
•after-hours drinking (= after closing time)
•an after-school club
•after-dinner mints
Word Origin:
Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter.
Idioms: ↑after all ▪ ↑after doing something
conjunction
at a time later than sth; when sth has finished
• I'll call you after I've spoken to them.
• Several years after they'd split up they met again by chance in Paris.
Word Origin:
Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter.
adverb
later in time; afterwards
• That was in 1996. Soon after, I heard that he'd died.
• I could come next week, or the week after.
•And they all lived happily ever after.
Word Origin:
Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter.
adjective only before noun (old use)
following; later
•in after years
Word Origin:
[after] Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter.
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