hereafter

English

Alternative forms

• hereafters

Etymology

From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here +‎ after.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪɹˈæftɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːftə(ɹ), -æftə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: here‧af‧ter

Adverb

hereafter (not comparable)

1. (dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “Act V Scene V”, in Macbeth:

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

   • 1693, John Dryden, The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache, translation of The Iliad by Homer:

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

2. From now on.
3. 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 Thesaurus:one day
• (from now on): henceforth; henceforward; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
• (sequentially after this point): followed by; see also Thesaurus:subsequently or Thesaurus:then

Translations

in time to come

• Bulgarian: после (bg) (posle), в бъдеще (v bǎdešte)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ (uwagudidisv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 此後／此后 (zh) (cǐhòu)

• Dutch: hierna (nl)
• Finnish: tulevaisuudessa (fi)
• German: künftig (de)
• Greek: εφεξής (el) (efexís)
• Hindi: आइंदा (hi) (āindā)
• Italian: prima o poi, nel tempo a venire,
• Maori: anamata
• Romanian: în viitor, de acum încolo, mai târziu
• Russian: зате́м (ru) (zatém)
• Swedish: hädanefter (sv), framdeles (sv)
• Telugu: పైన (te) (paina)
• Turkish: giderek (tr), zamanla (tr)

from now on — see from now on

sequentially after this point

• Hindi: एतत्पश्चात् (etatpaścāt)
• Italian: di seguito
• Plautdietsch: wiedahans
• Spanish: en adelante

See also

• Category:English pronominal adverbs

Noun

hereafter (countable and uncountable, plural hereafters)

1. (uncommon) A future existence or state.

   Synonyms: thereafter, aftertime, see also Thesaurus:the future

2. (poetic, uncommon) Existence after death.

   Synonyms: thereafter, afterlife, eternal life, see also Thesaurus:life after death or Thesaurus:afterlife

   • 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act 5, scene 1:

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

Derived terms

• sweet hereafter

Translations

future existence

• Dutch: hierna (nl), hiernamaals (nl)
• Finnish: tulevaisuus (fi)
• Maori: āmuri, āmua, anamata
• Russian: бу́дущее (ru) n (búduščeje), гряду́щее (ru) n (grjadúščeje)
• Turkish: ahiret (tr), öteki dünya (tr)

existence after death — see afterlife

Adjective

hereafter (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Future.

Synonyms

• unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (again): thereagain
• (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
• (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
• (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
• (around): therearound, wherearound
• (as): thereas, whereas
• (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
• (before): herebefore, therebefore
• (beside): therebeside
• (between): therebetween, wherebetween
• (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
• (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
• (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (hence): herehence, therehence
• (in): herein, therein, wherein
• (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
• (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
• (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
• (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
• (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
• (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
• (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
• (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
• (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
• (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
• (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
• (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
• (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

 

Anagrams

• featherer