hereafter

CEFRC1

/hɪɹˈæftɚ/

adverb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    From this time onward or after death.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Justice will be served, whether here or in the hereafter.

  • See more hereof hereafter.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

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

  2. From now on.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A future existence or state.

More examples

In context

  • 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 […]

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

Synonyms

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Origin

adverb

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