Definition of hereafter
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:after this in sequence or in time
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:in some future time or state
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Examples of hereafter in a Sentence
Hereafter the two companies will operate in full partnership.
We don't know what will happen hereafter.
Recent Examples of hereafter from the Web
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Hereafter, the defendant is to avoid guns, individuals who carry guns and gang culture.
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Life is not some temporary staging before the big show hereafter—
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And hereafter: Always be mindful of the cost and service level of a restaurant before making demands of the staff.
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And, hereafter: Always be mindful of the price point and service level of a restaurant before making demands of the staff.
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And, hereafter: Always be mindful of the price point and service level of a restaurant before making demands of the staff.
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On the individual level, as the Talmud states, there is no reward for doing a mitzvah in this world – that comes in the world hereafter.
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AGREEMENT Separate Property: Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the following property, now owned by either party, shall remain and be their separate property, hereafter listed as Exhibits A and B in this Agreement.
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AGREEMENT Separate Property: Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the following property, now owned by either party, shall remain and be their separate property, hereafter listed as Exhibits A and B in this Agreement.
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First Known Use of hereafter
before 12th century
hereafter Synonyms
Synonyms
henceforward, henceforthRelated Words
afterward (or afterwards), later, subsequently; hereupon, thereuponDefinition of hereafter
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:future
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:an existence beyond earthly life
- belief in the hereafter
Examples of hereafter in a Sentence
apologized, for being late to the meeting and assured his boss that there would be no such recurrences in the hereafter
hoped to be reunited with his deceased wife in the hereafter
Recent Examples of hereafter from the Web
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Byzantium perished not from a dearth of Greek Fire, but from a dearth of people willing to fight from inside its walls against the hundreds of thousands below, each one promised material pleasures in the hereafter for killing Christian Westerners.
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Death is a permanent break in continuity, and your personal POV cannot be moved from your brain into some other medium, here or in the hereafter.
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Anyone who has even casually admired the Philadelphia Orchestra music director’s concerts knows how much he is attracted to composers’ late-period works, the ninth symphonies that contemplate the mysteries of the hereafter.
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As with the Qin, Han society, at least at elite levels, focused on the hereafter.
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The bardo (a Tibetan concept of an intermediate state; in this case, between death and the hereafter) is full of ghosts that greet young Willie on his arrival.
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First Known Use of hereafter
1546
First Known Use of hereafter
1591
HEREAFTER Defined for English Language Learners
hereafter
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adverb
Definition of hereafter for English Language Learners
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: after this : from now on
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: in a future time or state
HEREAFTER Defined for Kids
Definition of hereafter for Students
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:after this
- We will hereafter have a shorter recess.
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:in some future time or state
We can only guess what will happen hereafter.
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