• Hereafter

    Origin

    Old English hræfter.

    Full definition of hereafter

    Adverb

    hereafter

    1. In time to come; in some future time or state.
      • Dryden:Hereafter he from war shall come.
    2. From now on

    Noun

    hereafter

    (countable and uncountable; plural hereafters)
    1. A future existence or state.
    2. Existence after death.
      • Addison:'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.

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