{
    "term": "after",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "later than something; following something in time",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We'll leave after lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They arrived **shortly after** 5."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Not long after that** he resigned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let’s meet **the day after tomorrow/the week after next**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After winning the prize she became famous overnight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After an hour I went home *(= when an hour had passed)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It’s ten after seven in the morning *(= 7.10 a.m.)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "next to and following somebody/something in order or importance",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your name comes after mine in the list."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's the tallest, after Richard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**After you** *(= Please go first)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**After you with** the charger *(= Can I have it next?)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "behind somebody when they have left; following somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shut the door after you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm always having to clean up after the children *(= clean the place after they have left it dirty and untidy)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He ran after her with the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was left staring after him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "in contrast to something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was pleasantly cool in the house after the sticky heat outside."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "as a result of or because of something that has happened",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'll never forgive them after what they did."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "despite something; although something has happened",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't believe she'd do that, not after all I've done for her."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "used to show that something happens many times or continuously",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "day after day of hot weather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've told you time after time not to do that."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "trying to find or catch somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police are after them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's after a job at our place."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "about somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She asked after you *(= how you were)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "in the style of somebody/something; following the example of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a painting after Goya"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We named the baby Ena after her grandmother."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "happening or done later than the time or event mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "after-hours drinking *(= after closing time)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an after-school club"
                },
                {
                    "text": "after-dinner mints"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "despite what has been said or expected",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "So you made it after all!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when you are explaining something, or giving a reason",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He should have paid. He suggested it, after all."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be going to do something soon; to be intending to do something soon",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have just done something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːftə(r)/",
                "audio": "af/after/after__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæftər/",
                "audio": "af/after/after__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English æfter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch achter."
}