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hereafter

adv
/hɪɹˈæftɚ/US/hɪəˈɹɑːftə/UK

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from hēræfter — “in the aftertime; later on”

Definitions

  1. From now on.

  2. Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the…

    Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)

  3. In time to come

    In time to come; in some future time or state.

    • She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word.
    • […] when hereafter he from war shall come / And bring his Trojans peace and triumph […]
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A future existence or state.

    2. Existence after death.

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

    3. Future.

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Derived

sweet hereafter

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hereafter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA