after (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. Of place2. Of time; post • after (adv.): 1. Of place: perhaps only in separable compounds, as to follow after: for which see to follow, etc. 2. Of time; post: many years a., multis post annis, Cic.: soon a., post paulo, Caes.: so long a., post tanto, Virg.: v. afterwards.