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here·af·ter  (hîr-ftr)
adv.
1. Immediately following this in time, order, or place; after this.
2. In a future time or state: hope to win salvation hereafter.
n.
The afterlife: belief in a hereafter.

hereafter [ˌhɪərˈɑːftə]
adv
1. (Law) Formal in a subsequent part of this document, matter, case, etc.
2. a less common word for henceforth
3. at some time in the future
4. in a future life after death
n (usually preceded by the)
1. life after death
2. the future
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hereafterhereafter - life after death                    
life-time, lifespan, lifetime, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
kingdom come - the next world; "he nearly blew us to kingdom come"
immortality - perpetual life after death
2.hereafterhereafter - the time yet to come                
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
kingdom come - the end of time; "you can wet the bed till kingdom come, for all I care"
by-and-by - an indefinite time in the future; "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
offing - the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"
tomorrow - the near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow"
manana - an indefinite time in the future
Adv.1.hereafter - in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.; "the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises"; "the terms specified hereunder"
2.hereafter - in a future life or state; "hope to win salvation hereafter"
3.hereafter - following this in time or order or place; after this; "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"

hereafter
adverb in future, after this, from now on, henceforth, henceforward, hence Hereafter for three years my name will not appear at all.
the hereafter afterlife, next world, life after death, future life, the beyond belief in the hereafter
Translations
hereafter [hɪərˈɑːftəʳ]
A. ADV (frm) → a continuación; (= from now on) → de aquí en adelante, a partir de ahora
B. N the hereafterel más allá
hereafter [ˌhɪərˈɑːftər]
adv (= from now on) → à partir de maintenant
n
the hereafter → l'au-delà m
hereafter [ˌhɪərˈɑːftəʳ]
2. n the hereafterl'aldilà m

hereafter [ˌhɪərˈɑːftəʳ]
2. n the hereafterl'aldilà m


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No one can feel more sensible than I do of the necessity of hereafter publishing in detail all the facts, with references, on which my conclusions have been grounded; and I hope in a future work to do this.
I conceived of its effect then, but I conceived of it as a misfortune, a fatality; now I am by no means sure that it was so; hereafter the creation of beauty, as we call it, for beauty's sake, may be considered something monstrous.
Waterhouse, Walker, Newman, and White, have published several able papers on the Insects which were collected, and I trust that many others will hereafter follow.
 
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