hereafter
part of speech
adverb; noun (the hereafter)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) From now on; after this time. tree →
2) (formal, law) In this document from this point on, as in «hereafter called the Buyer». tree →
3) (noun, the hereafter) Life after death. tree →
4) In a book, hereafter means later on in the same book, as in 'as we shall see hereafter'. tree →
sense in the lessons
A formal word in legal papers and old writing. In church life «the hereafter» means life after death; Christians believe in eternal life with God after death. In everyday speech people say «from now on» instead.
examples
- He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. (Prophets ISA.41.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and He that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass. (Writings DAN.2.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hereafter, all homework must be handed in on Monday. tree →
- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, hereafter called the RSPB, was founded in 1889. tree →
- Many religions teach about the hereafter. tree →
- Christians believe that the hereafter is life with God. tree →
- «Hereafter you shall be called the Elephant's Child no more,» the storyteller might say. tree →
- The contract says the house, hereafter «the property», is sold. tree →
- He married Rhea, daughter of Uranus and Gaea, a very important divinity, to whom a special chapter will be devoted hereafter. tree →
note
Formal or old-fashioned; one word. In essays, «hereafter» is used to give a short name for something: «the United Nations (hereafter UN)». Related old words: hereby, herein, heretofore.
Trees and pragmatics
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