af·ter In addition to the uses shown below, after is used in phrasal verbs such as `ask after', `look after', and `take after'
To ward the stern of the ship; applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway
Lettering on a print indicates that the design or image is a copy of a known work by another artist
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. before After is also a conjunction. After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother Marina cared for him after he seriously injured his eye several years ago
To be named after someone means to be given the same name as them. He persuaded Virginia to name the baby after him