after- prefix - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionary Online

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/ɑːf.tə-/

/æf.tɚ-/ prefix

Definition

coming afterwards

an after-dinner speech

an after-hours club

after-sales service

(Definition of after- prefix from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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