hereafter
after this in time or order; at some future time; farther along.
in the time to follow; from now on: Hereafter I will not accept their calls.
in the life or world to come.
a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.
time to come; the future.
Origin of hereafter
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How to use hereafter in a sentence
In his City of God, Augustine was quite clear that in the hereafter humans would no longer need bathroom breaks.
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets | Candida Moss | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt combined the rambling, torturous pace of J. Edgar, the oddball clairvoyance of hereafter, and … that line from Dirty Harry.
Clint Eastwood’s RNC Speech: Ben Affleck and Other Hollywood Insiders React | Marlow Stern | September 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“I think he has a nice philosophical plan for the fiscal hereafter, two or three decades down the road,” Stockman sniffed.
But where there is no existing relation between the words or ideas, it is a case for Synthesis, to be taught hereafter.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In such cases, Synthesis, which is taught hereafter, develops an indirect relation.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Nor shall we do more hereafter if you do my pleasure now and give this Monsieur de Garnache the answer that I bid you.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniSynthesis will be sometimes hereafter resorted to to connect in our minds an event to its date.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Subject to the exceptions hereafter named, all dates and numbers should be exactly expressed in the date or number words.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for hereafter
/ (ˌhɪərˈɑːftə) /
formal in a subsequent part of this document, matter, case, etc
a less common word for henceforth
at some time in the future
in a future life after death
life after death
the future
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