(prep.) Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
(prep.) Below in rank; next to in order.
(a.) Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
(a.) Hinder; nearer the rear.
(a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.
(prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
(prep.) Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
(prep.) Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
(prep.) Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
(prep.) Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
(prep.) In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
(prep.) According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
(prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
(adv.) Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
Example Sentences:
Afterward
Definition:
(adv.) At a later or succeeding time.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(2) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
(3) Afterwards in five cadavers the flow rate was increased until a herniation of the TA appeared.
(4) He told MPs that any steps taken to shore up the markets as a result of the referendum would be disclosed afterwards.
(5) Treatment was continuous for 3 months and 2 days weekly afterwards.
(6) Upon stimulation with NGF, the percentage of Ras.GTP increased to 24% after 2 min, and the high level of Ras.GTP was maintained for at least 16 h. On the other hand, the activation of Ras by FGF and IL-6 showed distinct kinetics; about 3-fold increase of Ras.GTP was detected at 10 min, and afterward, the level returned to the basal level within 60 min.
(7) "You could understand why I need another central defender," Mourinho said afterwards.
(8) Afterwards, the unemployed welder said: “I just didn’t like his attitude.
(9) Rabbit morulae and blastocysts were cultured in conventional culture media [Ham's F10 or BSM II supplemented with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or serum] or in Ham's medium supplemented with synchronous or asynchronous uterine flushings, mostly for 2 days, and afterwards investigated by light and electron microscopy and by autoradiography.
(10) He stayed silent when the teacher asked him a question and afterwards I found him standing in the middle of the classroom looking totally lost as everyone ran around.
(11) Removal of the interscapular brown adipose tissue from rats living at room temperature has no effect on the calorigenic response to adrenaline or noradrenaline, neither immediately afterwards nor 2-4 days later.4.
(12) Afterwards, he checked every detail to show me where I had painted badly.
(13) In kidney, the DNA methylase activity first increases up to 16 h and decreases afterwards.
(14) Twenty patients were studied before June 1983 (group 1), and 19 patients were studied afterward (group 2).
(15) They need not tilt the head backwards during inhalation or hold their breath afterwards.
(16) Significant concentrations were found in his serum and urine for several days afterwards.
(17) Standard ecg examination was carried out at the admission time, every 15 minutes during the first 2 hours, 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours later, and afterwards in the same time as ECHO 2D.
(18) The measurements were made 3 days after the suppression of the drug and afterwards every 3 to 6 days for a month.
(19) Barcelona’s coach Luis Henrique said afterwards: “To lose Messi means that football loses.
(20) Whereas an increase in the number of C trachomatis infections, more pronounced among women, was observed up to 1986, a small decrease has been observed afterwards in males.