Antonyms for hereafter


Grammar : Adv, noun
Spell : heer-af-ter, -ahf-
Phonetic Transcription : hɪərˈæf tər, -ˈɑf-


Definition of hereafter

Origin :
  • Old English heræfter (adv.) "in the future; later on;" see here + after. Meaning "after death" is mid-14c. As a noun, "time in the future," from 1540s. Meaning "a future world, the world to come" is from 1702.
  • adv from now on
  • noun life after death
Example sentences :
  • The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It means that my braids are up to stay, so hereafter I'm a real woman.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He said I knew better, and that I should hear more of this, hereafter.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Take what there is; young as you are, you may want it more now than hereafter.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Ireland now does justice to him, the world will do so hereafter.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • "And hereafter it will remind me of you," said Maltravers, in whispered accents.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Much will hereafter be written about subjects and refinements of painting.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • You are hereafter to be known in the correspondence as Mr. Smith, the owner of the mine.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Hereafter you shall be Francis Turl, the happy and fortunate!
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • With a cathedral in Rocky Springs they would have felt certain of their hereafter.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for hereafter

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