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If you do one thing a____ doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.
After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.
...women who have changed their mind after deciding not to have children.
After flying from Los Angeles to London, allow four full days to adjust.
word after
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preposition
If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
After 19 May, strikes were occurring on a daily basis.
After breakfast Amy ordered a taxi.
It wasn't until after Christmas that I met Paul.
After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.
Marina cared for him after he seriously injured his eye several years ago.
If you do one thing after doing another, you do it during the period of time that follows the other thing.
After completing and signing it, please return the form to us in the envelope provided.
...women who have changed their mind after deciding not to have children.
After flying from Los Angeles to London, allow four full days to adjust.
You use after when you are talking about time. For example, if something is going to happen during the day after or the weekend after a particular time, it is going to happen during the following day or during the following weekend.
She's leaving the day after tomorrow.
...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next.
Tomorrow. Or the day after.
If you go after someone, you follow or chase them.
He walked out, and Louise went after him.
...people who were after him for large amounts of money.
If you are after something, you are trying to get it.
They were after the money.
I did eventually find what I was after.
If you call, shout, or stare after someone, you call, shout, or stare at them as they move away from you.
'Come back!' he called after me.
Claire stared after him until he disappeared around a corner.
If you do something after someone, you do it for them, because they cannot or will not do it for themselves.
She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.
If you tell someone that one place is a particular distance after another, you mean that it is situated beyond the other place and further away from you.
A few kilometres after the village, turn right to Montelabate.
If one thing is written after another thing on a page, it is written following it or underneath it.
I wrote my name after Penny's.
You use after in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect.
After Germany, America is Britain's second-biggest customer.
Methane is often regarded as the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide.
To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them.
Phillimore Island is named after Sir Robert Phillimore.
He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him.
After is used when telling the time. If it is, for example, ten after six, the time is ten minutes past six.
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convention
If you say ' after you ' to someone, you are being polite and allowing them to go in front of you or through a doorway before you do.
'After you.'—'Not at all, Mr Bird, after you.'
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