HEREAFTER

hereafter

(adverb) following this in time or order or place; after this; “hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance”

hereafter

(adverb) in a future life or state; “hope to win salvation hereafter”

hereinafter, hereafter, hereunder

(adverb) in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; “the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises”; “the terms specified hereunder”

future, hereafter, futurity, time to come

(noun) the time yet to come

afterlife, hereafter

(noun) life after death

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

hereafter (not comparable)

(dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.

From now on.

Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)

Synonyms

• (in time to come): someday; see also one day

• (from now on): henceforth; henceforward; see also henceforth

• (sequentially after this point): followed by; see also subsequently or then

Noun

hereafter (countable and uncountable, plural hereafters)

A future existence or state.

Existence after death.

Synonyms

• (a future state): aftertime; see also the future

• (existence after death): afterlife, eternal life; see also life after death or afterlife

Adjective

hereafter (not comparable)

(archaic) Future.

Synonyms

• unborn; see also future

Anagrams

• featherer

Source: Wiktionary


Here*aft"er, adv. Etym: [AS. hræfter.]

Definition: In time to come; in some future time or state. Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden.

Here*aft"er, n.

Definition: A future existence or state. 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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