thereafter

Pronunciation: /ˌðɛəɹˈɑːf.tə(ɹ)/

The English word “thereafter” has 4 meanings listed here.

adverb

After that time, from then on; thenceforth.
After that (the thing aforementioned).

noun

Synonym of hereafter (“future existence or state”).
Synonym of hereafter (“existence after death”).

Etymology

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þǣræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there + after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish…

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