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After Hours

Definition: After Hours

After Hours

Adverb

1. Not during regular hours; "he oftern worked after hours".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: After Hours

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: After Hours

English words defined with "after hours": charge of quarterseffortlessnessmoonlight. (references)

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Modern Usage: After Hours

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: After Hours

DomainTitle

Books

  • After Hours (reference)

  • After Hours (Arabesque) (reference)

  • After Hours for Solo Piano: Book 1 (reference)

  • After Hours Trading Made Easy: Master the Risk and Reward of Extended-Hours Trading (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: After Hours

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Expression: After Hours

Expression using "after hours": after hours market curb. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: After Hours

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

after hours

296

after hours trading quote

9

after hours trading

232

after hours club

6

after hours innsbrook

130

after hours las vegas

5

after hours formal wear

107

after hours stock market

5

after hours quote

81

after hours pediatric

4

after hours stock quote

56

after hours massage

4

after hours tuxedo

51

after hours kid

4

national association of securities dealer automated quotation system after hours

50

after hours trading national association of securities dealer automated quotation system

4

after hours tuxedos

28

after hours market trading

4

after hours stock

27

after hours lake

4

after hours stock trading

25

nyse after hours

3

after hours trade

19

after hours party

3

after hours tux

14

after hours novelties

3

after hours market

13

island after hours trading

3

after hours mail voice

11

after hours siri

3

island after hours

10

after hours montreal

3

after hours insbrook

10

after hours rental tux

3

after hours tuxedo rental

10

after hours innsbrook richmond

3

after hours stock trade

9

after hours movie

3

after hours stock price

9

after hours teletubbies

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: After Hours

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

   

Portuguese

  

após bolsa (after hours market curb, after market), depois da Bolsa (after hours market curb, after market). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

posle radnog vremena. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fuera de horas. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mesai sonrası, iş sonrası, geç vakit, çalışma saatleri sonrası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: After Hours

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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