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/wən ˈæftər ənˈəðər/ Listen

preposition

After prep.

1.

Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you."

2.

Below in rank; next to in order.

3.

Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. "After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee."

4.

Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.

5.

Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.

6.

Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of. "Ye shall not go after other gods." "After whom is the king of Israel come out?"

7.

Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.

8.

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.

To name after or To call after, to name like and reference to. "Our eldest son was named George after his uncle."

9.

According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind. "He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes." "They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh."

10.

According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. (Archaic) "He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value."

After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole.

After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively.

One after another, successively.

To be after, to be in pursuit of in order to reach or get; as, he is after money.

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"One after another" Quotes from Famous Books

... daybreak, a sentinel who stood on the edge of the morass, overlooking the dense thicket which filled its depths, was surprised at what seemed to him, in the hazy light, a flight of strange birds coming from the leafy hollow. One after another of these winged objects passed over his head. After he had observed them a moment or two, he saw one of them strike a neighboring tree, and cling quivering to its trunk. A glance was enough for the drowsy sentinel. He was suddenly wide awake, and his musket and voice rang instant ...

— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... was Major Eddy, of the Victorian Rifles. He was as brave as a lion, but a Mauser bullet will stop the bravest. His men dashed at the rocks like wolves; it was awful to see them. They smashed at our heads with clubbed rifles, or thrust their rifles up against us through the rocks and fired. One after another their leaders fell. The second big man went down early, but he was not killed. He was shot through the groin, but not dangerously. His name was Captain McInnerny. There was another one, a little man named Lieutenant Roberts; he was ...

— Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) - Letters from the Front • A. G. Hales

... acclimated, and as they prospered, more and more the eyes of Puritan England turned toward them, with a longing for the same freedom. Laud's hand was heavy and growing heavier, and as privileges lessened, and one after another found fine, or pillory, or banishment awaiting every expression of thought, the eagerness grew and intensified. As yet there had been no separation from the Mother Church. It had simply "divided into two great parties, the Prelatical or Hierarchical, headed by ...

— Anne Bradstreet and Her Time • Helen Campbell

... o' doors troubles. Those within were still worse. His sound, strong horses perished one after another—till at last he had nothing left in his stables but one old gaunt mare called Blaessel. A distemper broke out amongst his horned stock, and before a month passed, destroyed every thing in his stalls, with the exception of an old goat and a ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Vol. 56, No. 346, August, 1844 • Various

... floor sat and thought "deep-down" thoughts. Her eyes were fixed dreamily on a big knothole before her, and the thoughts seemed to come out of it and stand before her, demanding imperiously to be thought. One after another—a relentless procession. ...

— Rebecca Mary • Annie Hamilton Donnell

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