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here·af·ter

(hîr-ăf′tər)

adv.

1. Immediately following this in time, order, or place; after this.

2. In a future time or state: hope to win salvation hereafter.

The afterlife: belief in a hereafter.

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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

5. life after death

6. the future

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here•af•ter

(hɪərˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-)

adv.

1. after this in time or order; in the future; from now on.

2. in the life or world to come.

3. hereinafter.

4. a life or existence after death; the future beyond mortal existence.

5. time to come; the future.

[before 900]

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Noun	1.	hereafter - life after death afterlife lifespan, lifetime, life-time, 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.	hereafter - the time yet to come future, futurity, time 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" hereinafter, 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

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hereafter

noun

Time that is yet to be:

by-and-by, future.

Idiom: time to come.

Translations

بعد الآن، بعد هذا، في المُسْتَقْبَل

dále

herefter

hernach zukünftig

avenir ci-après futur

héîan í frá

in futuro in seguito

heretter i det følgende

bundan böyle

今后从此以后

hereafter

[hɪərˈɑːftəʳ]

A. ADV (frm) → a continuación; (= from now on) → de aquí en adelante, a partir de ahora

B. N the hereafter → el más allá

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hereafter

[ˌhɪərˈɑːftə^r]

adv (= from now on) → à partir de maintenant

n
the hereafter → l'au-delà m

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hereafter

[ˌhɪərˈɑːftəʳ]

1. adv (frm) → d'ora in poi, da qui in avanti, in futuro

2. n the hereafter → l'aldilà m

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here

(hiə) adverb

1. (at, in or to) this place. He's here; Come here; He lives not far from here; Here they come; Here is / Here's your lost book.

2. at this time; at this point in an argument. Here she stopped speaking to wipe her eyes; Here is where I disagree with you.

3. beside one. My colleague here will deal with the matter.

interjection

1. a shout of surprise, disapproval etc. Here! what do you think you're doing?

2. a shout used to show that one is present. Shout `Here!' when I call your name.

ˌhereaˈbout(s) adverb

near this place. He lives somewhere hereabouts.

hereˈafter adverb

in legal language, after this; from now on. This concerns the will of John Smith, hereafter referred to as `the deceased'.

the hereafter noun

the next world; life after death.

ˌhereˈby adverb

in legal language, now, by means of (eg this statement). I hereby declare that I will not be responsible for any of her debts.

ˌhereˈin adverb

in legal language, in this (letter etc). Please complete the form enclosed herein.

hereˈwith adverb

with this (letter etc). I am returning your passport herewith.

here and there

in, or to, various places. Books were scattered here and there.

here goes

I'm going to do something no matter what the consequences are. I've never tried diving before, but here goes!

here's to interjection

used as a toast to the health, success etc of someone or something. Here's to the success of the new company.

here, there and everywhere

in, or to, a larger number of places; in all directions. People were running around here, there and everywhere.

here you are

here is what you want etc. Here you are. This is the book you were looking for.

neither here nor there

not important; not relevant. His opinion is neither here nor there.

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As to common meals, it is in general agreed that they are proper in well-regulated cities; my reasons for approving of them shall be mentioned hereafter: they are what all the: citizens ought to partake of; but it will not be easy for the poor, out of what is their own, to furnish as much as they are ordered to do, and supply their own house besides.

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But as we cannot possibly divine what complection our reader may be of, and as it will be some time before he will hear any more of Jenny, we think proper to give him a very early intimation, that Mr Allworthy was, and will hereafter appear to be, absolutely innocent of any criminal intention whatever.

So far from complying with this their inclination, by which all hopes of reformation would have been abolished, and even the gate shut against her if her own inclinations should ever hereafter lead her to chuse the road of virtue, Mr Allworthy rather chose to encourage the girl to return thither by the only possible means; for too true I am afraid it is, that many women have become abandoned, and have sunk to the last degree of vice, by being unable to retrieve the first slip.

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All these particulars are faithfully narrated here, as they will not fail to elucidate several most important, however intricate passages, in scenes hereafter to be painted.

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As to the second vessel, we will tell hereafter whom it carried, and how it set sail.

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One urchin shall hereafter be a doctor, and administer pills and potions, and stalk gravely through life, perfumed with assafoetida.

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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.

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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.

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If you can find an opportunity, will you say that I wish her well, here and hereafter? and will you please add that I do not omit to remember her in my prayers?

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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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"Old man," said he, "let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing.

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"Trust me, good jailer, you shall briefly have peace in your house; and, I promise you, Mistress Prynne shall hereafter be more amenable to just authority than you may have found her heretofore.