[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/after/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / after # after preposition, conjunction, adverb «after» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m1) 2. After means behind or following: «Close the door after you», «The dog ran after the ball». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m2) 3. To be named after someone is to get their name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m3) 4. To look after is to take care of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m4) 5. To be after something is to want or look for it: «What are you after?». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m5) 6. (casual) «After» in Irish English: «I'm after eating» means I have just eaten; «arvo» is afternoon in Australia; «laters» means see you later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m6) 7. (rude) «Who are you after?» or «they're after you» can mean someone wants to hurt or catch you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m7) 8. (formal) Exams say «subsequently», «following», «subsequent to», «thereafter», «upon completion of» and «posterior to». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m8) 9. "After all" means when everything is thought about, or despite what you expected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m9) ### In the lessons orders the events of a story in time; tells which amount comes first and which change follows; in counting, 8 comes after 7; phrases: «after that», «after school», «look after», «run after», «the day after», «after all», «after a while»; in casual talk «see ya after», «I'm after finishing it» (Ireland), «this arvo»; in rough talk «Mum's gonna be after you when she sees the mess»; in the exam voice «subsequent to the transfer», «following the purchase», «upon completion of» ### Examples - After lunch, Mia had 8 cookies left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x1) - After giving 5 to Joe, he has 12 marbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x2) - How many pages are left after she reads 20? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x3) - What number comes after 19? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x4) - I go to football after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x5) - Please look after your little sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x6) - He was named after his grandfather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x7) - I'm after eating 4 of them, sorry (Ireland: I have just eaten). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x8) - Footy this arvo, after school, 5 of us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x9) - Mum's gonna be after you when she sees you broke 2 plates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x10) - Subsequent to the transfer of 5 marbles, the pupil holds 12. Ascertain the initial holding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x11) - What are you after? The red one? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x12) - How kind man is, after all! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x13) ### Note Marks the order of events: the amount «after» a change is the result. Trap: «after giving away 5 he has 12» gives the end amount; to find the start you add back 5. «subsequent to» and «following» in an exam mean after. Trap: Irish «I'm after eating» is the past, not the future. Opposite: before. ## In Jewish tradition "After its kinds" in the lists of animals means "according to its species." Tradition treats the kinds as groups of related creatures. **Interpretation.** The rabbis used "after its kinds" to study which creatures count as one species, which matters for the laws of clean and unclean animals. ### Examples - and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x1) - And after that he will let you go. (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x2) - and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x3) - And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. (Prophets JDG.12.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x4) - And David sent and inquired after the woman. (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x5) - Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? (Writings JOB.39.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/#x6) ### Note Marks the order of events: the amount «after» a change is the result. Trap: «after giving away 5 he has 12» gives the end amount; to find the start you add back 5. «subsequent to» and «following» in an exam mean after. Trap: Irish «I'm after eating» is the past, not the future. Opposite: before. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «after» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«after» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/after.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «after» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/after/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«after» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/after.html) on Mova free.