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after-school

after-school

233 2.0
Happening after regular school classes finish, often as activities for students
  • adjective
  • /ˈæftərˌskuːl/
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  • I'll meet you in the playground after school.
  • an after-school program
  • after-school activities
  • after-school tutoring

It means less after school programs for our children.

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Examples

  • I knew Junior Achievement as an after-school program in which students formed companies.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Want to come to the beach after school?

    The Bling Ring (2013)

  • Do things after school that make you happy?

  • Where did you go after school and why did you go there?

  • And I think after school I listen more and work really hard.

  • So you still have to go after school to learn that stuff.

  • I think this guy would pick us up after school in a van.

  • I just want to look at her, talk to her, hang out with her after school.

    Girl Play (2004)

  • Did you ever go to an after school prep program, perhaps?

  • Many students participate in various after-school activities, such as sports and music lessons.

Synonyms

extracurricular
vsafter-school
2 3.7

An activity that happens outside regular school lessons, like sports or clubs

emphasizes time after regular school hours rather than curriculum location
postschool
vsafter-school
4.6

Relating to activities that happen after school ends

is limited to activities done after regular school hours for students

How Late

overnight
195 1.2
evening
∞ 1.0
after-school
233 2.0
study hall
  • US
14 1.1

Surface Forms

after-school positive
after-school comparative
after-school superlative

Morphology

after-school = school (transparent) = after + school

A straightforward compound of 'after' + 'school' whose meaning ('occurring after school hours') is directly predictable from its parts. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

After-school is made from the simple parts after ('later') and school ('the time or place for classes'), so you can picture something happening when the school day finishes. It describes clubs or care that start once regular classes end, so a helpful way to remember it is 'later than school hours'.