verb T| to happen after something else and often as a result of something else: The agreement came after six months of negotiations.
come tkree weeks/jive days etc after sth
My first chance to talk to her came three days after our quarrel.
follow -'tblaofta:-. [u I/П if an event or period follows another event or period, it happens after it: We saw each other a lot in the months that followed. I the long period of stability that followed the war be followed by sth The wedding was followed by a big party at the Chelsea Hotel.
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be closely followed by Sth (=come very soon after) The nuclear test in October
the person, thing, or time that comes after the present one
next /nekst/ lad/adv] the next person or thing is the one that comes just after the present one in a series, list etc: Could you ask the next patient to come in, please? I Look at the diagram on the next page. I Tm afraid you'll have to wait for the next train.
come aext (=come immediately after something that has just been mentioned) Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon ... who comes next?
Qbe next (=be the next person or thing in a list, line etc) spoken Hey, I'm next! I was here before you!
be after sth/come after sth bi:
a:ft3r (sth), ,клш a:ft3r (sth)|'<ef- [phrasa/ verb T1 if someone or something is alter or comes after another person or thing in a list, line etc, they are the one just after, with no others in between: My name is after hers on the list. I In American addresses, the name of the city a/ways comes after the name of the
street.
later 1e)t3r [adj only before noun] happening some time later, not immediately afterwards
a later date I time I chapter I meeting etc
We can decide on the final detQils at a later stage, i This will be discussed more fully in a later chapter. in later у ears/months/centuries etc > spk
was closely followed by a second in May the following year
oally written In later years, he became a Buddhist.
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subsequent /'sAbs^kwant/ [adj only before noun] formal happening after something you have just mentioned: Many of his theories were disproved by subsequent events. I The first meeting will be in the City Hall, but all subsequent meetings will be held in the school.
Subsequent is often followed by a
plural noun.
follow /'fblao|fcK-/ [v I/T1 to come after something in a book, series, or list: Taylor
AFTER
explains his theory in the pages that follow, be followed by sth In English the letter Q is always followed by a U. I Each chapter is followed by a set of exercises.
U when several things
happen one after another
in a row /in 9 гэи/ four days in a row/ three times in a row etc when someone does something on four days, on three occasions etc, one after the other, with no other days etc in between: He won the competition five years in a row. I / was late for school four days in a row.
one after another />лп aiftar эплбэг| -aef-/ if several things happen one after another, each thing happens immediately after the previous one: There were three loud explosions, one after another.
consecutive /kan'sekgtiv/ [adj only before noun] consecutive days, years, or occasions come one after the other with no other days, years etc in between: If you miss work for more than three consecutive days, you need a letter from your doctor.
/ourth/seventh etc consecutive It was
their fourth consecutive win this season.
series /'swriiz/ [n C] a series of events or actions is several of them that happen one
after another
+ of She gave a series of talks at the university. I Harris finally resigned after a series of public scandals. plural series
AGAIN
if you mean 'say something again7,
go to say
II again
again /э1 gen, ^'gem^'gen/ [adu] Would you say that again? I didn't hear you. I Julie! It's your sister on the phone again. I Nice to see you again. I On no! Here comes that boy again. I i rang the bell again, but no one answered.
Д. Again usually comes at the end of a sentence or clause.
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once again/once more /,wAns 3'gen, ,wAns тэхг/ formal again - use this about
something very worrying, serious, or annoying that has happened before: Once
again I must remind you of the seriousness of the problems we face. I The
crops had failed, and once more famine threatened the region.
yet again /jet 3'gen/ again - use this when something has happened too many times before in a way that is very annoying: Yet again, Flora had changed her mind. I It seems that yet again the police have allowed a very dangerous man to escape.
one more time/once more / WAn
шэ:г 'taim, WAns шэ:г/ again, and usually for the last time: He kissed her one more time before he left.
just one more time/just once more Can
we practise that just once more?
back
/Ьжк/ [adu] again - use this about telephoning or writing to someone again, or asking someone to come to your house again
call/write back I'll call back as soon as I have some news.
invite/ask sb back Her kids wrecked the house last time they were here - that's why I've never asked them back.
H to do something again
do Sth again /,du: (sth) s'gen/ I'd like
you to do this exercise again. I She spilled coffee on the application form and had to do it all again.
repeat /ri'pirt/ [и T] to do something again, especially many times, in order to achieve something useful
repeat a test I experiment I exercise I process / performance In their training,