hereafter.
From now on.
Meaning & usage
From now on.
Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
In time to come; in some future time or state.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
A future existence or state.
Existence after death.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
Future.
Where this word comes from
From Old English hēræfter (“in the aftertime; later on”). By surface analysis, here + after.
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