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Definition: After Hours |
After HoursAdverb1. Not during regular hours; "he oftern worked after hours". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Futurity | Noun: futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years; morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: After Hours |
| English words defined with "after hours": charge of quarters ♦ effortlessness ♦ moonlight. (references) |
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Screenplays | You see, as honorable as your intentions were, you too were out of bed after hours You will join your classmates in detention. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; writing credit: Steven Kloves) | |
Lyrics | After Hours (Take It Away; performing artist: Paul McCartney) | |
Movie/TV Titles | After Hours (1961) Tanya Foxx After Hours (1993) After Hours Bondage (1993) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Guards are usually supplied with bulletproof vests, whistles, and guns. Some police officers work after hours or during their day-off as private security guards. (references) | |
Personal computers are enabling more people to work at home, whether working after hours, in self-employment home-based businesses, or as telecommuters during regular hours. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | Demonstrations were undertaken by: Coffee plantation workers calling for government assistance, fishermen denied beach access, indigenous communities dissatisfied with police and juridical services, high school students opposed to the national literacy campaign because they were being forced unwillingly to conduct after hours reading classes for adults with very little preparation and materials, and families of persons who disappeared during the conflict. (references) |
Economic History | Mozambique | USAID Mission--107 Rua Faria de Sousa; Tel: (258-1) 49-07-26, after hours (258-1) 49-16-77; Fax: (258-1) 49-20-98. (references) |
Mozambique | U.S. Embassy--193 Avenida Kenneth Kaunda; P.O. Box 783; Tel: (258-1) 49-27-97, after hours (258-1) 49-07-23; Fax: (258-1) 49-01-14. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belize | After hours of negotiation, police and BDF personnel used tear gas in an attempt to clear the bridge, and protesters assaulted security personnel with rocks and bottles. (references) |
Travel | Israel | The after hours number is: 519 7551. The fax number is 972-3-516 0315. The e-mail address is acs.amcit-telaviv@dos.us-state.gov. (references) |
Israel | For information and help in Jerusalem and the West Bank U.S. citizens may contact the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem at tel: 972-2-625 3288. After hours number: 625 3201. The fax number is 972-2-272 2233. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "after hours": after hours market curb. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "after hours"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | efterbørs (after hours market curb, after market, curb market, junior stock market, OTC market, over-the-counter market, parallel market, parallel stock market, second tier market, third market, unlisted securities market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nabeurs (after hours market curb, after market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | après-bourse (after hours market curb, after market), après bourse (after hours market curb, after market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nach geschäftsschluss. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταχρηματιστηριακή αγορά (after hours market curb, after market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שעות וספות (overtime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hivatalos idõ után. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dopoborsa (after hours market curb, after market), dopo borsa (after hours market curb, after market). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | afteray ourshay após bolsa (after hours market curb, after market), depois da Bolsa (after hours market curb, after market). (various references) posle radnog vremena. (various references) fuera de horas. (various references) mesai sonrası, iş sonrası, geç vakit, çalışma saatleri sonrası. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-o-r-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: furthers, outhears, urethras. | |
-3 letters: arouser, authors, earshot, farther, fathers, ferrous, fourths, fraters, fuhrers, furores, further, hafters, hoarser, hurters, outhear, rafters, rhetors, roaster, rouster, routers, shorter, shouter, souther, strafer, tourers, trouser, urethra. | |
-4 letters: afresh, afters, ahorse, arouse, arrest, ashore, author, earths, farers, faster, father, fetors, feuars, foetus, forest, fortes, foster, fourth, frater, froths, frusta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-h-o-r-r-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: thoroughfares. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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