hereafter

English

Etymology

Old English hræfter.

Adverb

hereafter (not comparable)

1. In time to come; in some future time or state.
   • Dryden:

     Hereafter he from war shall come.

2. From now on

Translations

in time to come

Chinese: Mandarin: 此後 (cmn), 此后 (cmn) (cǐhòu) Dutch: hierna (nl)

Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi) Romanian: în viitor (ro), de acum încolo (ro), mai târziu (ro)

from now on — see from now on

See also

• Category:English pronominal adverbs

Noun

hereafter (countable and uncountable; plural hereafters)

1. A future existence or state.
2. Existence after death.
   • Addison:

     'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.

Synonyms

• afterlife

Derived terms

• sweet hereafter

Translations

future existence

Dutch: hierna (nl), hiernamaals (nl)

Finnish: tulevaisuus (fi)

existence after death

Finnish: tuonpuoleinen (fi)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.