hereafter

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/hɪɹˈæftɚ/

adv 3noun 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

equal, far, other, possible, under

VERB + HEREAFTER

believe, coin, communicate, created, died, meet, points, rank

HEREAFTER + NOUN

b, eternity, heaven, intimates, people, ye

PREP.

from, in, in, out, with

ADV.

again

Definitions

adv

From now on.

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

In time to come; in some future time or state.

She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.

[…] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]

noun

A future existence or state.

Existence after death.

'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man.

adj

Future.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the time yet to come

noun — life after death

afterlife

adverb — in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter

hereinafter
hereunder

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

sweet hereafter

Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.

Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why, We maunna seek to ken; But sune the sweet hereafter comes, An' thou wilt tell us then.

Example Bank

She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.

Wiktionary

[…] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]

Wiktionary

'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man.

Wiktionary

See more hereof hereafter.

Tatoeba · #636370

Justice will be served, whether here or in the hereafter.

Tatoeba · #744548

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.

Tatoeba · #907010

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, hereafter is marked as dated, archaic, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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