after) We'// be starting the class straight after lunch.
Д After can be used as an adverb, but only in expressions like soon after and not long after I left college when I was 21, and got married soon after. Don't use after on its own as an adverb. Instead, use then, after that or afterwards in sentences like this: We had a game of tennis, and then/after that/ afterwards we went for о cup of coffee. Don't use 'will' with after. Don't say 'after I will leave school, I am going to university'. Say after I leave school...
afterwards (also afterward american) /'a:ft3rw3rd(2) ||'aef-/ [adv] after an event or a time that you have just mentioned: Afterwards, Nick said he'd never been so nervous in his life, f What's the point of going to the gym if you always eat a chocolate bar afterwards? two years/three months afterwards A couple of years afterwards I met him by chance in the street. soon/shortly afterwards (=a short time later) Her husband became ill and died soon afterwards.
next /nekst/ [adv] after something happens or after someone does something - use this when you are describing a series of events in the order they happened: Can you remember what happened next? ( First we asked Jim what to do. Next we tried asking Dad.
then /den/ [adui after you have done something - use this when you are describing a series of things you did, or when you are giving instructions: First we played tennis,
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and then we went swimming. I Add a cup of sugar. Then beat in three eggs,
in an hour's time/a few minutes' time etc
In a few weeks' time I'll be off to university.
after a particular time or date
after ;,a:ftar|,st"- [preposition] after a particular time or date: Could you call again after 6 o^clock? I After 1800, more and more people worked in factories, just after (=a short time after) // they left just after twelve, they should be here soon.
past pGistjjpa'st [preposition) past 3 o' clock/ midnight/dinner time etc
especially brjtish after 3 o'clock, midnight etc - use this especially when someone is late for something: Wake up! It's past 9 o'clock! I We didn't get home till past midnight.
way past informal (=a long time after) Sorry, it 's way past closing time.
/гот/as from, from, 'xz from [preposition] use this to say that a new ruie or arrangement will start at a particular time and will continue from then: We will be at our new address from next week. 1 As from tomorrow, all accidents must be reported to me.
from then. Ofl 1Ът .fren nn; use this to
talk about something that started to hap* pen at a time in the past, and continued from that time: He went to his first football game when he was four, and from then on he was crazy about it.
after a period of time has passed
after "uiftol'fcf- (preposition) after a week/several hours/a long time etc
after a period of time has passed: After half an hour we got tired of waiting and went home. I Jane was very shy. but after a while (=after a short time) she became more confident, after a wee к/a year etc of (doing) sth The u>ar ended after another six months of fighting.
in in/ [preposition] in a minute a few hours/a month etc a minute, a few hours etc after the present time: ill be with you in a minute, i Rosie should be home in a week or two. 1 He gets his test results in a couple of days.
Don't confuse after (use this about ' something that has happened in the past) | and in (use this about something that will j happen in the future).
within wi(yin||wKVm. wiO'in [preposition] within a month/two weeks/a year etc
less than a month, two weeks etc after something happens, especially when this is an unusually short time: One of the soldiers was bitten by a snake and was dead within three hours, i Within minutes the building was full of smoke within a mo nth/a few days etc of doing
stk The p/ane got into difficulties within a feu: minutes of taking off.
later lcitpr [adi;] some time after now or after the time you are talking about: See you later. I Reagan later became Governor of California. three months/two years/ten days etc later A couple of days later / sau1 her in a downtown bar
later on {—at a later time during the same day, event etc) The first half of the movie is really boring, but it gets better later on.
much later (=a long time afterwards) Јuenf'ja//y he gor married, but that was much later.
Don't use after and later in the same sentence.
later that day/month/year etc (=use this when telling stones or describing past events) Later that month we got another letter, asking for more money. later in the morning/evening/day etc Let's meet for dinner later in the week.
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the next day/month/ year etc
next nekst [adj only before noun] the next day/week etc rhe day, week etc that comes just after the one you were talking about: I finished my classes on the 5th. and the next day f went home to Cleveland.
next Monday/week/August etc (=the one after this Monday, this week, this August etc) Next Thursday is my birthday.
Don't confuse next week and the next week. Use next week, next Friday etc (without the) to talk about the future: See you next Saturday! Use the next week, the next day etc to talk about the past: She got married and spent the next five years
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A. Don't say 'on next Sunday'. Just say next Sunday.
Don't say 'next Tuesday/Friday etc'
when you are talking about a day in the present week. Say this Tuesday, Friday etc: The concert's this Saturday, not next Saturday.
after /'aiftaTI'aef-/ \adv/preposition/con- ju net ion] the day/Monday/month/ year after the day, Monday etc that comes after the time or event that you are talking about: The party's not this Saturday but the Saturday after. I The weather changed the morning after we arrived. I I felt rather tired the day after the party.
following 'folaontf'fa:-/ [adj only before noun] the following day/month/year
etc the next day, month etc - use this especially in stories and descriptions, to talk about what happened in the past: The following day she woke up with a splitting headache. I They agreed to meet the following week in the Cafe Rouge.
В to happen or exist after something else
come after k\m а-ЛЩяГ- [phrasal