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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From after (adverb and preposition), and also continuing Middle English after-, efter-, æfter-, from Old English æfter- (“after, behind, against”). Cognate with Scots efter-, West Frisian efter-, Dutch achter-, German after-, Swedish efter-. More at after.
Prefix
[edit]after-
- (rare or no longer productive) With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect; denoting hindrance, setback, inferiority, etc.
- With adverbial or adjectival effect, forming compound words indicating something that comes afterwards in spacial position.
- after-limb, after-ship, afterdeck (examples from [1])
- With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting something which follows the second element of the compound, and is less intense or significant.
- afterglow, aftershock, afterthought (examples from [2])
- With prepositional effect, forming compound words denoting follows and is a result of the second element of the compound.
- afterbirth, afterlife, afternoon (examples from [2])
Synonyms
[edit]- (afterwards): post-
Antonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “after- (prefix),” December 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3484899098.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, s.v. “after,” accessed March 13, 2024, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/after.
Anagrams
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[edit]Pronunciation
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Prefix
[edit]after-
- (no longer productive) after-, sub-, second... (expressing that something comes after another thing)
- (no longer productive) pseudo-, spurious... (expressing that something is false or fake)
Derived terms
[edit]- Aferkorn
- Afteranwalt
- Afterarzt
- Afterärztin
- Afterbelehnung
- Afterbildung
- Afterblatt
- Afterblitz
- Afterbräutigam
- Afterbrunft
- Afterbrunst
- Afterbrut
- Afterbürge
- Afterbürgschaft
- Afterdarm
- Afterdienst
- Afterding
- Afterdrüse
- Afterehre
- Afterei
- Afterentzündung
- Aftererbe
- Aftererbschaft
- Afterfaden
- Afterflosse
- Afterflossenstrahl
- Afterflügel
- Afterforscher
- Afterfratt
- Afterfrühlingsfliege
- Afterfuss
- Afterfuß
- Afterfusspaar
- Afterfußpaar
- Aftergeburt
- Aftergegend
- Aftergelehrsamkeit
- Aftergelehrter
- Aftergeräusch
- Aftergewächs
- Afterglaube
- Afterglück
- Aftergröße
- Afterheu
- Afterholz
- Afterhorn
- Afterjahn
- Afterjucken
- Afterkamehl
- Afterkegel
- Afterkind
- Afterklaue
- Afterkohle
- Afterkönig
- Afterkralle
- Afterkrebs
- Afterkristall
- Afterkrystall
- Afterkugel
- Afterkunst
- Afterkünstler
- Afterleder
- Afterlehen
- Afterlehn
- Afterlogik
- Aftermahometaner
- Aftermehl
- Aftermiete
- Aftermieter
- Aftermontag
- Aftermuse
- Afternatur
- Afterpacht
- Afterpächter
- Afterpächterin
- Afterpapst
- Afterpfand
- Afterphilosoph
- Afterphilosophie
- Afterphysik
- Afterphysiker
- Afterplastik
- Afterpolitik
- Afterpolitiker
- Afterprolaps
- Afterraupe
- Afterrecht
- Afterrede
- afterreden
- Afterredung
- Afterreligion
- Afterrüsselkäfer
- Afterrüssler
- Aftersabbat
- Afterschaft
- Afterschild
- Afterschlag
- Afterschrunde
- Afterschule
- Afterskorpion
- Aftersonntag
- Afterspiegel
- Afterspinne
- Aftersprache
- Afterstück
- Afterteil
- Aftertemperatur
- Aftervasall
- Afterverkehr
- Aftervermieter
- Aftervermietung
- Aftervorfall
- afterweise
- Afterweise
- Afterweisel
- Afterweiser
- Afterweisheit
- Afterwelt
- Afterwissenschaft
- Afterwissenschafter
- Afterwissenschaftler
- Afterwurm
- Afterzehe
- Afterzins
- Afterzitze
- Afterzwang
Related terms
[edit]derived from after- or with -in
Related terms
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