thereafter
advEtymology
From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).
- inherited from therafter
Definitions
After that time, from then on
After that time, from then on; thenceforth.
- Near-synonyms: afterward, afterwards
- He left; thereafter we never met again.
- The Lent term had pulled me down, a week of modest enjoyment thereafter in town had finished the work; and I drank in the sharp moorish air like a thirsty man who has been forwandered among deserts.
After that (the thing aforementioned).
- The little dog was off like a shot, and the children went running thereafter.
Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
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Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).
- A mimed sequence might enliven Johnny's visit to the great thereafter; or the battle royal might be painted on a backdrop.
The neighborhood
- neighbor—
- neighborhenceafter
- neighborhenceforth
- neighborhenceforward
- neighborhenceforwards
- neighborhencefrom
- neighborhereabout
- neighborhereabouts
- neighborhereabove
- neighborhereafter
- neighborhereafters
- neighborhereagainst
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for thereafter. 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