thereafter

[ thair-af-ter, -ahf- ]

adverb

1. after that in time or sequence; afterward:

   Thereafter they did not speak.

   Synonyms: subsequently, thenceforth, later

2. Obsolete. accordingly.

thereafter

/ ˌðɛərˈɑːftə /

adverb

1. from that time on or after that time

   thereafter, he ceased to pay attention

Word History and Origins

Origin of thereafter¹

before 900; Middle English ther after, Old English thǣr æfter. See there, after

Example Sentences

President Rhee resigned soon thereafter and was secreted out of the country to Hawaii by the American CIA.

From The Daily Beast

Soon thereafter, Bentivolio was asked to play Santa in downtown Milford and became a professional.

From The Daily Beast

Shortly thereafter, Facebook announced a similar initiative, although their plan calls for the use of drones instead of balloons.

From The Daily Beast

Shortly thereafter, T.I. lent his first post-incarceration verse to a remix of “Magic.”

From The Daily Beast

Thereafter, the 1960s swelled with political zeal and social unrest.

From The Daily Beast

Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.

From Project Gutenberg

In contrast to the Widal, it begins to fade about the end of the second week, and soon thereafter entirely disappears.

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Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.

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Thereafter he ran away from school twice, having been seized with a romantic and irresistible desire to see and shoot a lion!

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It is to be presumed that thereafter Jacob's first inquiry must have been, "Oh now, where did you get such and such goods?"

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