Hereafter Meaning
/hɪɹˈæftɚ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advFrom now on.
advSequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
Sentence Examples
See more hereof hereafter.
Justice will be served, whether here or in the hereafter.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He often wondered about the world ____ and what it would be like.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new regulations will apply to all existing members and to any who join ____.
Word Origin & History
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"[…] 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:
"'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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He often wondered about the world ____ and what it would be like.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new regulations will apply to all existing members and to any who join ____.