hereafter
UK /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/ · US /hɪɹˈæftɚ/ adverb, noun, adjective
Forms hereafters
- adverb From now on.
- adverb Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
- adverb (dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.
- noun (uncommon) A future existence or state.
- noun (poetic, uncommon) Existence after death.
- adjective (archaic) Future.
Synonyms
henceforth followed by someday henceforward then thereafter aftertime afterlife eternal life unborn future futurity time to come hereinafter hereunder
Etymology
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [AS. hræfter.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “hereafter”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details