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Main Entry:
af·ter
[
af
-ter
,
ahf
-
]
/
ˈæf
tər
,
ˈɑf-
/
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Part of Speech:
Main Entry:
after
Part of Speech:
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Main Entry:
aft
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example Sentences
More than an hour after sunset a veil of glowing clouds appears low in the northern sky.
After the image appears in your browser, click the right-hand button on your mouse.
After each extinction, a rich variety of ammonoid species and body plans was replaced by a few free-floating types.
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More than an hour after sunset a veil of glowing clouds appears low in the northern sky.
After the image appears in your browser, click the right-hand button on your mouse.
After each extinction, a rich variety of ammonoid species and body plans was replaced by a few free-floating types.
After a fee is paid, there is a cursory visual inspection and certification is granted.
Most people say they wash their hands after using the bathroom.
The brain may not learn from its mistakes after all.
After examining the patient, the doctors concurred that it was not possible to remove the bullet.
Paintball is fun, except for the painful bruises that remind you of that fun a week after the fact.
Migration after the global economic crisis is different, but still continuing.
After a medical error, hospitals often prevent doctors from talking to patient families.
COLLAPSE
Main Entry:
after
Part of Speech:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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