hereafter

[ heer-af-ter, -ahf- ]

adverb

1. after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
2. in the time to follow; from now on:

   Hereafter I will not accept their calls.

3. in the life or world to come.
4. hereinafter.

noun

1. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
2. time to come; the future.

hereafter

/ ˌhɪərˈɑːftə /

adverb

1. formal.
   in a subsequent part of this document, matter, case, etc
2. See henceforth
   a less common word for henceforth
3. at some time in the future
4. in a future life after death

noun

1. life after death
2. the future

Word History and Origins

Origin of hereafter¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English hēræfter. See here, after

Example Sentences

In his City of God, Augustine was quite clear that in the hereafter humans would no longer need bathroom breaks.

From The Daily Beast

It combined the rambling, torturous pace of J. Edgar, the oddball clairvoyance of Hereafter, and … that line from Dirty Harry.

From The Daily Beast

“I think he has a nice philosophical plan for the fiscal hereafter, two or three decades down the road,” Stockman sniffed.

From The Daily Beast

But where there is no existing relation between the words or ideas, it is a case for Synthesis, to be taught hereafter.

From Project Gutenberg

In such cases, Synthesis, which is taught hereafter, develops an indirect relation.

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Nor shall we do more hereafter if you do my pleasure now and give this Monsieur de Garnache the answer that I bid you.

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Synthesis will be sometimes hereafter resorted to to connect in our minds an event to its date.

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Subject to the exceptions hereafter named, all dates and numbers should be exactly expressed in the date or number words.

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