Definition of hereafter
1 : after this in sequence or in time
2 : 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.
First Known Use of hereafter
before 12th century
hereafter
Definition of hereafter
1 : future
2 : 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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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
playDefinition 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
1 : after this We will hereafter have a shorter recess.
2 : in some future time or state We can only guess what will happen hereafter.
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