after

From Wiktionary
after is on the Basic English 850 List.
agreement - after - again


after is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
afford - after - afternoon

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Preposition
after

Seventeen minutes after twelve.
  1. Behind something in place or position.
    "B" comes after "A" in the alphabet.
  2. Later in time.
    He came home after Jane did.
    The year after she had finished college she spent abroad.
    The doctor came after the patient had died.

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