English-Dutch translations for after

• na
  Na de stemming over amendement 16 After the vote on Amendment 16
  Na de stemming over amendement 1 - After the vote on Amendment 1
  En dit na een ernstige gascrisis! All this after a big gas crisis!
• achter
  Ook sta ik achter een duurzaamheidstest na tien jaar. I also support a durability test after ten years.
  Want dat gaat schuil achter de mooie woorden. That is, after all, what is behind the fine rhetoric.
  De Europese Commissie blijft maar achter de feiten aanlopen met betrekking tot BSE. The European Commission is still clearing up after BSE.
• achter aan 2=was "achter aan" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the indiv
• achterna
  Wij kunnen de Israëliërs niet verwijten dat zij de terroristen het geld niet achterna zijn komen brengen, en daarom moeten wij deze zaak laten rusten. We cannot blame the Israelis for not having run after the terrorists with the money, and for that reason we should let the matter rest.
• door
  Dat is een vraag die door de bevolking zeer vaak gesteld wordt. That is, after all, a question the people often ask.
  Dat is alsof je de kaas laat beheren door de muizen. It is like leaving cheese to be looked after by mice.
  We kunnen de crisis namelijk niet overwinnen door alleen maar te bezuinigen. After all, we cannot just save our way out of the problem.
• naar
  En daarna is iedereen gewoon naar huis gegaan. After that, everyone went home.
  Wij hebben een prijs naar hem vernoemd. We have named a prize after him.
  Gooi geen goed geld naar kwaad geld. Do not throw good money after bad.
• nadat
  Dat is twee jaar nadat de eerste beschuldigingen zijn uitgebracht. This is two years after charges were first laid.
  Vaak kan dat beeld echter pas vervolledigd worden nadat het kwaad al is geschied. Often that picture is pieced together after the fact.
  Maar zij schreef dit vele dagen nadat de bombardementen waren begonnen. Yet she wrote this many days after the bombing had begun.
• ondanks
  Ondanks alles moeten we de vraag misschien wel met ja beantwoorden. Perhaps we should, after all, answer yes.
  Misschien komt er ondanks alles toch een conventie. Perhaps it will be a convention after all.
  Toch is ons model ondanks alles uniek in de Europese context. After all, our model is unique in a European context.
• vanwege
  Onmacht, vanwege de ontoereikendheid van de maatregelen die de gelijkheid moeten bevorderen. Onmacht, vanwege de kwetsbare positie die wij vrouwen op de arbeidsmarkt hebben. And yet, Mr Commissioner, after studying the document I can only say that my feeling is one of helplessness.
  Vanwege de punten met betrekking tot Polen heb ik na lang wikken en wegen besloten blanco te stemmen. Because of these points relating to Poland and after thinking long and hard, I ended up abstaining.
  Ik hoop dan ook van harte dat na deze resolutie en vanwege deze resolutie die steun zal toenemen. Consequently, I fervently hope that that support will increase after and because of this resolution.

Definition of after

• Behind; later in time; following
• Subsequently to; following in time; later than
• Behind
• In pursuit of, seeking
• In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing
• Next in importance or rank
• As a result of
• In spite of
• According to an author or text
• According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting
• Later; second ; next, following, subsequent
• At or towards the stern of a ship

Examples

• They lived happily ever after
• I left the room, and the dog bounded after
• We had a few beers after the game
• The time is quarter after eight
• The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War
• He will leave a trail of destruction after him
• Hes after a job; run after him; inquire after her health
• We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci
• The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince
• After your bad behaviour, you will be punished
• After all that has happened, he is still my friend
• I cant believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
• I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door
• to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
• I went home after we had decided to call it a day
• The after gun is mounted aft
• The after gun is abaft the forward gun

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