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after-hours

after-hours

20 4.4
Happening or open after the usual closing time
  • adjective
  • /ˈæftərˌaʊərz/
translation icon : fuera del horario habitual
  • Two years later, Kalisher and Hambone ran into each other in an after-hours rock bar on the marsh outside Somers Point, New Jersey.
  • after-hours trading
  • an after-hours club
  • an after-hours bar

Amazing and Charlotte Tilbury after hours look everything you need to take you from party to after party.

Examples

  • School personnel who met the inclusion criteria were invited to attend a voluntary after-hours educational program on type 1 diabetes.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I was thinking about going to an after-hours bar.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • No more staying after hours at the bar, okay?

    Colossal (2017)

  • That means that no one, not even me, would have access after hours.

    The Dalton Gang (2020)

  • I will keep them here after hours practicing.

    One, Two, Three (1961)

  • Are there any after-hours places around here?

    Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

  • Our medical staff will continue to provide emergency after-hour services to our community.

    Blog text (10)

  • The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center has opened an after-hours event for their fundraiser this Saturday, November 3rd.

    Blog text (7)

  • Parties, keynotes, and various after-hours hangouts are as much a part of the conference as the tracks themselves.

    Blog text (23)

  • After the restaurant closes, they often host an after-hours gathering for staff.

Synonyms

late-night
vsafter-hours
84 3.9

Happening or done after most people go to bed

means being open after formal closing times rather than simply late at night
after-work
vsafter-hours
38 3.7

Happening after the workday ends

refers to openings past official closing times rather than events that follow the workday
after hours
vsafter-hours
31 3.2

At a time after normal business hours when most places are closed

refers to being open after usual or legally set closing time

How Late

overnight
195 1.2
late-night
84 3.9
after-hours
20 4.4
late
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

after-hours positive
after-hours comparative
after-hours superlative

Morphology

after-hours = hour (transparent) = after + hour

Meaning is directly formed from 'after' + 'hours' indicating time occurring later than usual business hours, so a learner knowing the components can infer the sense. [Postprocessing: moved 'after' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

After-hours is made from after ('later than') and hours ('times of day' or 'working time'). So it literally means something that happens 'later than the usual closing time', like a club, shop, or event open after normal hours.