[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/after.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / after

[← A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/A/)

# after

«after» in Mova's school dictionary: **later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition, conjunction, adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m2)

3) To be named after someone is to get their name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m3)

4) To look after is to take care of. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#m9)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x1)
- After giving 5 to Joe, he has 12 marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x2)
- How many pages are left after she reads 20? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x3)
- What number comes after 19? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x4)
- I go to football after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x5)
- Please look after your little sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x6)
- He was named after his grandfather. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x8)
- Footy this arvo, after school, 5 of us. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x11)
- What are you after? The red one? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/#x12)
- How kind man is, after all! [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora

- [When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/18/)
- [In the UK a strike is legal after a vote, and the disruption is deliberate so that people notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/13/)
- [Bailiffs can collect money owed only after a court decision and many warnings, under strict rules, and cannot take essentials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/20/)
- [It does not mean the family is in danger; it means there is little left after the bills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/1/)
- ["Money's tight" means little is left after the bills for extras; it does not mean the family is in danger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «after» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/after/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.