Thing vs After - What's the difference?
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That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
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, title= A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
An individual object or distinct entity.
(informal) Something that is normal or generally recognised.
(legal) Whatever can be owned.
The latest fad or fashion.
(in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
(informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
(informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
(slang) A penis.
* 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009),
A living being or creature.
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, title= That which matters; the crux.
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(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
* 1974 , Jón Jóhannesson, A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Íslendinga Saga , translated by Haraldur Bessason, page 46:
* 1974', Jakob Benediktsson, ''Landnám og upphaf allsherjarríkis'', in ''Saga Íslands'', quoted in '''1988 by Jesse L. Byock in ''Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power , page 85:
* 1988 , Jesse L. Byock, Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power , page 59:
Behind; later in time; following.
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
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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.
(Used to indicate recent completion of an activity)
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(dated) According to an author or text.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
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(Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause).
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
*1991 , Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (character), (Robert DeNiro) (actor),
*:So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
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, title= (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
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* 1886 , (Thomas Hardy),
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(nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
As nouns the difference between thing and after
is that thing is (chiefly|historical) a public assembly or judicial council in a germanic country while after is anus.thing
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Noun
(en noun)The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you […], "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.}}
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- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing .”
Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
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- Don’t forget to have Gomez postpone that shooting thing . (in reference to the execution of Fernandez)
- In accordance with Old Germanic custom men came to the thing fully armed, [...]
- The goðar'' seem both to have received payment of ''thing-fararkaup from those who stayed home and at the same time compensated those who went to the thing , and it cannot be seen whether they had any profit from these transactions.
- All Icelandic things were skap-thing , meaning that they were governed by established procedure and met at regular legally designated intevals at predetermined meeting places.
Quotations
* 1611 — (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...Synonyms
* stuff (uncountable equivalent) * item * yoke (Ireland)Derived terms
* anything * bright young thing * everything * here's the thing * nothing * see things * something * sweet young thing * swing of things * the thing is * thingal * thingamajig * thinger * thinghood * thingly * thingness * thingo * thingy *External links
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Alternative forms
* afther * aftre (obsolete)Adverb
(-)- They lived happily ever after .
- I left the room, and the dog bounded after .
Derived terms
* after-effect * aftermarket * aftermath * aftertaste * afterwards * go afterPreposition
(English prepositions)Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea, passage=After early sparring, Spurs started to take control as the interval approached and twice came close to taking the lead. Terry blocked Rafael van der Vaart's header on the line and the same player saw his cross strike the post after Adebayor was unable to apply a touch.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
- to look after''' workmen; to enquire '''after''' a friend; to thirst '''after righteousness
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
Usage notes
* The Irish English usage example is equivalent to "I had just finished my dinner when .".Derived terms
* after one's own heart * after you * after-five * afternoon * go after * look after * name afterConjunction
(English Conjunctions)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
Adjective
(head)- I did verily believe in my own mind, that I couldn't fight in that way at all; but my after experience convinced me that this was all a notion.
- The amends he had made in after life were lost sight of in the dramatic glare of the original act.