adj.
Function: preposition
Date: before 12th century
1 a : behind in place <people lined up one after another> b (1) : subsequent to in time or order <20 minutes after 6> (2) : subsequent to and in view of < after all our advice>
2 ― used as a function word to indicate the object of a stated or implied action <go after gold> <was asking after you>
3 : so as to resemble: as a : in accordance with b : with the name of or a name derived from that of <named after his father> c : in the characteristic manner of : in imitation of <writing after the manner of Hemingway>