"come after" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes after [present, singular, third-person], coming after [participle, present], came after [past], come after [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> after}} come after (third-person singular simple present comes after, present participle coming after, simple past came after, past participle come after)
  1. To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent. Synonyms: succeed Synonyms (pursue with hostile intent): chase, hunt, persecute, torment Translations (to pursue): seguir (Catalan), suivre (French), seguir (Galician), nachstellen (German), καταδιώκω (katadióko) (Greek), seguire (Italian), seguir (Portuguese), пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) [neuter] (Russian), venir por (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-come_after-en-verb-KBdDWpy5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (after) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (after): 54 46 Disambiguation of 'pursue with hostile intent': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'to pursue': 74 26
  2. To follow or succeed; to be the successor of. Synonyms (be the successor of): follow on Translations (to succeed, to be the successor of): succeir (Catalan), suivre (French), seguir (Galician), suceder (Galician), nachfolgen (German), έπομαι (épomai) (Greek), succedere (Italian), suceder (Portuguese), suceder (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-come_after-en-verb-aCQFL6qu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (after) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (after): 54 46 Disambiguation of 'be the successor of': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'to succeed, to be the successor of': 19 81

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come after meaning in English (4.2kB)

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      "sense": "to succeed, to be the successor of",
      "word": "succedere"
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