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Synonyms for thereafter


Grammar : Adv
Spell : thair-af-ter, -ahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌðɛərˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-



Définition of thereafter

Origin :
  • Old English þær æfter; see there + after. Cf. Dutch daarachter, Swedish derefter.
  • adv from that time forward
Example sentences :
  • When he "played" with Baby Akemit thereafter, the pretence was not all with the child.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Thereafter we must hide during the days, and steal down the river at night.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Ten minutes thereafter, the two were knocking at the parson's door.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The king was gracious, and thereafter she held his feet at all the banquets.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • And every day thereafter found him out and ranging a wider area.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Thereafter, I may say, that he called me impartially either "Colonel" or "Bill."
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Thereafter the laws enforcing the acceptance of assignats were strengthened.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • For years thereafter Israel's life in London was a stern one.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • This was Israel, and for many a year thereafter he was all the world to the lonely woman.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • For three weeks thereafter she talked of nobody else, and even began to comb her hair.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

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