hereafter

American  

[heer-af-ter, -ahf-] / hɪərˈæf tər, -ˈɑf- /

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.

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noun

1. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.

2. time to come; the future.

hereafter British  

/ ˌhɪərˈɑːftə /

adverb

1. formal in a subsequent part of this document, matter, case, etc

2. a less common word for henceforth

3. at some time in the future

4. in a future life after death

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noun

1. life after death

2. the future

Etymology

Origin of hereafter

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

Example Sentences

That alone tells me that you’re certainly on the right track, and what you do hereafter can only make it better.

From MarketWatch

And that’s assuming that the hereafter is any kind of tangible location at all.

From Salon

In a statement, she said she hoped her hereafter would be filled "with impossibly handsome men and devoted dogs".

From BBC

Much of her work, she says, depicts an otherworldliness, a pulling back of the veil between this life and the hereafter.

From Los Angeles Times

The only issue is that from the hereafter dad only speaks to her in Mixtec, the native language of their community, which she never learned.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• afterlife