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hereafter

Pronunciation: /hɪɹˈæftɚ/

The English word “hereafter” has 6 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. From now on.
  2. 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 some future time or state.

noun

  1. A future existence or state.
  2. Existence after death.

adjective

  1. Future.

Etymology

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

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