come after
To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intentTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
» The principal came in after the teacher.
Директор вошёл вслед за учителем.
Директор зайшов після вчителя.
Meaning
2 sensesTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
Don't try to come after me.
nachstellen
пресле́доватьpreslédovatʹ
To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.
Who came after Richard the Lionheart?
nachfolgen
be the successor (of)
Examples
248 sentencesThe principal came in after the teacher.
Директор зайшов після вчителя.
ruДиректор вошёл вслед за учителем.
So, you decided to come after all.
Отож, врешті-решт, ти вирішив прийти.
ruИтак, в конце концов ты решил прийти.
deDann hast du dich also doch noch entschlossen zu kommen.
Spring comes after winter.
Після зими приходить весна.
ruВесна приходит после зимы.
deDer Frühling kommt nach dem Winter.
Come the day after tomorrow.
Приходь післязавтра.
ruПриходите послезавтра.
deKommen Sie übermorgen.
Tom came after Mary left.
Том прийшов після того, як пішла Мері.
ruТом пришёл после того, как Мэри ушла.
deTom kam, nachdem Mary gegangen war.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
comes after, coming after, came after, come after| Base form | come after · to come after |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes after |
| Present participle | coming after |
| Past simple | came after |
| Past participle | come after |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- come upпідійти, піднятисяTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come offнатрапити, натраплятиTo become detached.
- come outпоставити, ставитиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come onпройти, проходитиTo encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come inздаватися, кидатиTo enter.
- come downпадати, впастиTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come backповернутисяTo return to a place.
- come overнатрапити, натраплятиTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
More 8
- come afterловити, полюватиTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come aroundдорівнювати, отямитисяTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughдоставити, доставлятиTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come alongрозвивати, розвиватисяTo accompany.
- come aboutстатися, відбутисяTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- come toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- come acrossнатрапити, натраплятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- come byTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
Synonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb