Dictionary

hereafter en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /hɪɹˈæftɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic, not-comparable) Future.

Forms

Relateds

whereover · whitherever · wheresomever · thisaway · whencewards · therewith · thenceforwards · whereforth · hereto · hereagainst · thereagain · thereunto · wherebeside · thereafters · whereinabove · hereabout · hereaway · thencefrom · whereout · wheremid · hereon · hereout · thereinafter · whereup · therehence · herewithal · whereof · hereinafter · wherewith · whereinsoever · thereabout · whereaway · therefrom · therefore · thereacross · hereof · hereabove · thereinto · wherealong · whenceafter · whyfor · thereanent · hitherwards · wherefore · thereinunder · — · whensoever · thitherto · thataway · hitherunto · howso · wherearound · theretofore · herewith · thereby · whereto · wherehence · thereamong · thenceout · heremid · whereinbefore · therethrough · herefrom · whereabouts · whereamongst · thereat · whereunto · henceafter · whereinafter · thereup · thenceafter · hereinbefore · hereforwards · hereamong · whereagainst · hereupon · heretofore · whenabout · thereover · thereinbelow · therefor · whysoever · whereamong · wherefrom · herebefore · thatwise · whatsomedever · hitherward · whatsoever · hereinsoever · herefor · whatso · thereinabove · whitherso · hereby · whereupon · whereat · therealong · therethroughout · therebefore · thitherward · herewithout · thereforth · wherethrough · wherebetween · howbeit · whenso · herewithin · wherebeyond · howsoever · thereabouts · whenceforward · hereinbelow · whyso · whatever · whithertofore · thereof · herefore · therearound · hereabouts · wherefor · thereupon · hereforth · hereanent · whitherto · whencefrom · whereafters · whereinto · whereinunder · hereover · therebeside · therewithal · whereinbelow · 1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form · whencever · hereunto · wherebefore · thiswise · henceforward · thenceforward · whenas · hencefrom · hereafters · thitherinsoever · wherever · thereon · thereout · howsomever · howsomedever · thereagainst · whereabove · hereinto · hereinunder · henceforth · thereamongst · whenceward · thereaway · whenceforth · therebetween · whereby · whereon · therever · whereafter · henceforwards · wheretofore · thereto · whitherinsoever · wheresoever · whitherwards · wherewithin · whereso · whyever · whatwise · thereinbefore · therewithin · wherewithout · however · whereanent · hereforward · thereafter · whereabout · thitherwards · whatsomever · thenceforth · wherewithal · hereinabove · whenabouts · hereat · hereinelsewhere · whitherward · herethroughout · whenever · therebeyond · therewithout · hitherto · thereabove · herethrough · whensomever · wherethroughout · theremid · herehence · whereas · theresoever

Synonyms

unborn

hereafter en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /hɪɹˈæftɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) From now on.
   • I WON'T give you any excuse hereafter for accusing me of neglecting to write. It is you that must take care that with all your leisure you keep up with me. 1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 4:
2. (not-comparable) Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
3. (dated, not-comparable) In time to come; in some future time or state.
   • […] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […] 1693, John Dryden, The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache, translation of The Iliad by Homer:
   • She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word. c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “Act V Scene V”, in Macbeth:

Forms

Synonyms

henceforth (from now on) · henceforward · followed by (sequentially after this point) · someday (in time to come) · then

Translations (33)

pdt wiedahans (sequentially after this point) · de später (sequentially after this point) · fi tulevaisuudessa (in time to come) · tr giderek (in time to come) · ro de acum încolo (in time to come) · tr zamanla (in time to come) · de weiterhin (sequentially after this point) · mi anamata (in time to come) · hi आइंदा (in time to come) · el εφεξής (in time to come) · cmn 此後 /此后 (in time to come) · bg в бъдеще (in time to come) · it di seguito (sequentially after this point) · de danach (sequentially after this point) · te పైన (in time to come) · de in der Zukunft (in time to come) · ro mai târziu (in time to come) · it prima o poi (in time to come) · ta இனிமேல் (sequentially after this point) · bg после (in time to come) · chr ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ (in time to come) · sv framdeles (in time to come) · de künftig (in time to come) · es en adelante (sequentially after this point) · sv hädanefter (in time to come) · de ab hier (sequentially after this point) · de anschließend (sequentially after this point) · ru зате́м (in time to come) · it nel tempo a venire (in time to come) · hi एतत्पश्चात् (sequentially after this point) · ro în viitor (in time to come) · de ab jetzt (sequentially after this point) · nl hierna (in time to come)

hereafter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /hɪɹˈæftɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) A future existence or state.
2. (countable, poetic, uncommon, uncountable) Existence after death.
   • 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us; / 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, / and intimates eternity to man. 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act 5, scene 1:

Forms

Deriveds

sweet hereafter

Synonyms

eternal life · thereafter · aftertime · afterlife · thereafter

Translations (10)

nl hiernamaals (future existence) · nl hierna (future existence) · tr öteki dünya (future existence) · fi tulevaisuus (future existence) · mi āmuri (future existence) · mi āmua (future existence) · ru гряду́щее (future existence) · tr ahiret (future existence) · ru бу́дущее (future existence) · mi anamata (future existence)