henceforth

English

Etymology

From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, equivalent to hence (“from here”) +‎ forth (“forward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛnsˈfɔɹθ/

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Adverb

henceforth (not comparable)

1. (formal, temporal) From now on; from this time on.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:

     My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named

   I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!

   • 2005, George Lucas, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith:

     Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.

2. (in metatextual self-reference) Further within this document.

   Synonyms: hereafter, hereinafter

   Antonyms: hereinbefore, heretofore

   Coordinate term: hereinelsewhere

Synonyms

• (from this point on [either temporally or spatially]): from now on; henceforward; hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth

Antonyms

• up to now; hitherto

Translations

from now on

• Armenian: այսուհետեւ (aysuhetew)
• Bulgarian: занапре́д (bg) (zanapréd)
• Catalan: d'ara endavant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從此 (zh), 从此 (zh) (cóngcǐ), 從此以後, 从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu), 此後 (zh), 此后 (zh) (cǐhòu), 今後 (zh), 今后 (zh) (jīnhòu)

• Danish: fra nu af (da), for fremtiden, fremover
• Dutch: voortaan (nl), vanaf (nl) nu (nl)
• Finnish: vastedes (fi), tästä lähin (fi), tästedes (fi)
• French: dorénavant (fr), désormais (fr)
• Georgian: ამიერიდან (amieridan), აწინ (ac̣in), ამის შემდეგ (amis šemdeg), ამ დროიდან (am droidan)
• German: künftig (de), fürderhin (de), hinfort (de), fortan (de)
• Greek: εφεξής (el) (efexís)
• Hungarian: ezentúl (hu), mostantól kezdve, mostantól fogva (hu), ettől fogva, a továbbiakban, a későbbiekben, az elkövetkezőkben
• Icelandic: héðan í frá, upp frá þessu
• Irish: uaidh seo amach

• Italian: d’ora in poi, d’ora in avanti
• Japanese: 今後 (ja) (こんご, kongo), これ以後 (これいご, kore-igo)
• Korean: 이제부터는 (ijebuteoneun)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لەمەودوا‎ (lemewdwa)

• Latin: posthac, dehinc, amodo
• Macedonian: о́тсега (ótsega)
• Maori: ā muri ake nei, anāianei
• Persian: از حالاً‎ (az hâlan), من بعد‎ (fa) (men ba'd)
• Portuguese: doravante (pt), de agora em diante
• Russian: отны́не (ru) (otnýne), впредь (ru) (vpredʹ), в дальне́йшем (ru) (v dalʹnéjšem), с э́тих пор (s étix por)
• Sanskrit: इतःपरम् (itaḥparam), इतः परम् (itaḥ param), प्राञ्च् (sa) (prāñc), अतस् (sa) (atas)
• Spanish: en adelante
• Swahili: tokea sasa
• Swedish: hädanefter (sv)
• Tagalog: mulâ ngayón
• Tamil: இனி (ta) (iṉi), இனியிலிருந்து (iṉiyiliruntu)
• Turkish: bundan böyle (tr), artık (tr), şu andan itibaren
• Ukrainian: відтепе́р (vidtepér), відни́ні (vidnýni), в пода́льшому (v podálʹšomu)