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{
"term": "after",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "later than something; following something in time",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We'll leave after lunch."
},
{
"text": "They arrived **shortly after** 5."
},
{
"text": "**Not long after that** he resigned."
},
{
"text": "Let’s meet **the day after tomorrow/the week after next**."
},
{
"text": "After winning the prize she became famous overnight."
},
{
"text": "After an hour I went home *(= when an hour had passed)*."
},
{
"text": "It’s ten after seven in the morning *(= 7.10 a.m.)*."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "next to and following somebody/something in order or importance",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Your name comes after mine in the list."
},
{
"text": "He's the tallest, after Richard."
},
{
"text": "**After you** *(= Please go first)*."
},
{
"text": "**After you with** the charger *(= Can I have it next?)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "behind somebody when they have left; following somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Shut the door after you."
},
{
"text": "I'm always having to clean up after the children *(= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy)*."
},
{
"text": "He ran after her with the book."
},
{
"text": "She was left staring after him."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "in contrast to something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "as a result of or because of something that has happened",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll never forgive them after what they did."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "despite something; although something has happened",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "used to show that something happens many times or continuously",
"examples": [
{
"text": "day after day of hot weather"
},
{
"text": "I've told you time after time not to do that."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "trying to find or catch somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police are after them."
},
{
"text": "He's after a job at our place."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "about somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She asked after you *(= how you were)*."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "in the style of somebody/something; following the example of somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a painting after Goya"
},
{
"text": "We named the baby Ena after her grandmother."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "happening or done later than the time or event mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "after-hours drinking *(= after closing time)*"
},
{
"text": "an after-school club"
},
{
"text": "after-dinner mints"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "despite what has been said or expected",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "So you made it after all!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used when you are explaining something, or giving a reason",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He should have paid. He suggested it, after all."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be going to do something soon; to be intending to do something soon",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have just done something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːftə(r)/",
"audio": "af/after/after__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈæftər/",
"audio": "af/after/after__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter."
}