hereafter
English
/hɪɹˈæftɚ/, /hɪəˈɹɑːftə/
adv
Definitions
- (dated) In time to come; in some future time or state.
- from now From now on.
- Sequentially after this point (in time, in the writing constituting a document, in the movement along a path, etc.)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hēræfter (in the aftertime, later on) compound from English here (army) + English after.
Origin
English
after
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- after English
- afterbath English
- afterling English
- afterloading English
- afterness English
- afterward English
- afterwards English
- afterwhile English
- afterworld English
- henceafter English
- here English
- hereabout English
- hereabove English
- hereagainst English
- hereat English
- hereaway English
- hereby English
- herefor English
- herefore English
- herefrom English
- heregeld English
- herehence English
- hereinafter English
- hereish English
- hereness English
- hereof English
- hereon English
- hereout English
- heretog English
- hereunder English
- hereunto English
- hereupon English
- herewith English
- herewithin English
- thenceafter English
- thereafter English
- whenceafter English
- whereafter English
- *hiz Proto-Germanic
- アフレコ Japanese
- hēræfter Old English
- after Middle English
- her#Etymology_2_3 Middle English
- hia Tok Pisin
- afta Nigerian Pidgin
- afta Guyanese Creole English
- here
- after
- hereby
- hereat
- hereon
- hereof
- hereish
- heretog
- hereout
- herefor
- heregeld
- hereness
- herefrom
- hereunto
- herefore
- hereupon
- herewith
- hereaway
- afterward
- hereabove
- afterbath
- hereunder
- afterness
- herehence
- afterling
- hereabout
- whereafter
- henceafter
- afterworld
- herewithin
- thereafter
- afterwhile
- afterwards
- hereagainst
- hereinafter
- whenceafter
- thenceafter
- afterloading